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TIL - Romans had a 8 day week

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9wwB TIL that the Catholic Church considers the theory of evolution to be “virtually certain”, and believes that intelligent design “isn’t science even though it pretends to be”.
gEb TIL Butterflies can remember things they learn as caterpillars
oQ0r TIL that there is a whale known as the “world’s loneliest whale”. It calls out at a frequency not heard by other whales and therefore receives no response… It swims the oceans in search of others and receives no reply…
1al5P TIL about Tommy Cooper - comedian who died on live TV while the audience laughed, thinking it was part of the act
jNG5N TIL: The Bradley-Martin Ball of 1897 hosted America’s 4,000 richest families. The cost ($9.7mil of today’s dollars) was enough to feed 1,000 families for 1 year.