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TIL Olympic medals used to be given for “Town Planning”

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KYm1a TIL: Dolphins sleep with one eye open! . . . This adaptation allows them to monitor their surroundings, avoid predators, and maintain necessary functions like breathing while resting. Half the brain awake and the other half sleeps!
Y7kvA TIL a 2nd century textbook on Roman law by the Roman jurist Gaius was considered to be lost until a manuscript of it was discovered in Verona in 1816.
ZJxa TIL Iceland has 137 prisoners, 4 of whom are women… Total.
eK44 TIL Robert Erskine Childers, an Irish Nationalist who smuggled guns into Ireland during their civil war and was sentenced to death, shook hands with the firing squad members and told them when they were about to shoot “Take a step or two forward, lads. It will be easier that way.”
gJgA TIL: license plate sized tiles known as “Toynbee tiles” began appearing around the United States and South America in the 80’s that contained cryptic messages about resurrecting the dead on Jupiter. Over 300 have been found so far, and has influenced copycat artists.