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TIL NASA set out to disprove the claims of the “Mayan Apocolypse”, and did.

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KOjRR TIL the Constitution of the State of Alabama is the longest constitutional document in the world, by a huge margin.
PYQLZ Today I learned that (contrary to modern portrayals) gladiators were not lean but rather chubby, allowing them to sustain more damage in the arena and continue fighting.
mx90E TIL I learned that in 2002, two airplanes collided in mid-air killing everyone aboard. Two years later, the air traffic controller was murdered as revenge.
4k0ZX TIL that the Tollund Man, a 2,400-year-old corpse found in a Danish peat bog, was so well-preserved that scientists could take his fingerprints and even determine his last meal, which included porridge made of barley and flax seeds. His death is believed to have been a ritual sacrifice.
KYwoG TIL Vampire finches drink the blood of other birds