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TIL that sand dollars are the skeletons of flattened burrowing sea urchins

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80WV TIL that there is a musical piece called ‘As SLow aS Possible’, written to be played literally as slow as possible (while strictly adhering to the score’s temporal proportions). An ongoing performance of the score began in a German church in September 5th 2001 and will end on September 5th, 2640.
yx9e TIL an Oregon couple, with 2 disabled children of their own, launched a non-profit called “Magic Wheelchair” that develops and hand-crafts Halloween costume options for wheelchair-bound children
LQB1v TIL the oldest known "Yo Mama" joke was found on a 3500 y.o. broken tablet in Iraq. And is missing the punchline.
X01ak TIL of the Antikythera Mechanism, a device discovered from a shipwreck in Greece. It has a calendar, star charts, planetary alignments, moon phases, etc. It is estimated to be created in first or second century BC.
law5 TIL the first recorded mention of whiskey is from an Irishman in 1405 dying of alcohol poisoning during Christmas.