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TIL Brazil and France seriously considered going to war on whether lobsters swam or crawled

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JY9R4 TIL that men receive 63% longer jail sentences on average than women do and women are twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted for the same crime.
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epngb TIL that the Codex Amiatinus, the oldest complete Bible in the Latin Vulgate, was produced in Northumbria (North-East England) in around 700 AD as a gift for Pope Gregory II
Np9M TIL that prairie dogs construct their burrows in such a way that wind blowing parallel to the ground induces flow of air through the burrows–renewing oxygen supplies underground.
aPlJ TIL Gentlemen should rest merry - not merry gentlemen should rest. There’s a comma you don’t sing in the Christmas carol “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”