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TIL the Basque language is the only isolate language of Western Europe - it is not related to Spanish, French, or any other known language.

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rRd44 TIL the Power of Sleep particularly for elite athletes. Roger Federer sleeps 12 hours a day. Usain Bolt 9-10 hrs a day. Le Bron James also sleeps 12 hours. For a long time, while he was struggling with his form, Tiger Woods had a sleep disorder.
8XwX TIL: In 2011 there were 3 known cases around the world of twins coming from different fathers.
Z85kp TIL Goochland (pop. 861), the home of Stoolbend's arch-rival high school on The Cleveland Show, is a real place in Virginia. Stoolbend is a fictional place and the name comes from a river bend where poop was found floating on a fishing trip.
eNgn TIL the oldest person to have ever lived met Vincent Van Gogh and called him “dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable” and “very ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick”
xJJ0 TIL Fox News has a whole segment dedicated to recycling Reddit material. It’s called “Fox On Reddit.”