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TIL that humans are the best long-distance runners on the planet, able to beat horses (and everything else) in marathon distance races.

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1ae5d TIL in 2006 a UFO was spotted over an O'Hare Airport terminal. As many as 12 United Airlines employees reported seeing it before it shot off into the clouds.
nRGr TIL horses kept in stables suffer from insomnia and stay awake up to 85% of the night. This leads to other issues like sleep rocking, sleepwalking, and night terrors.
16GLX TIL that there are predatory snails that eat other snails
Y7yDd TIL there are depictions of Knights engaging Snails in battle drawn in the margins of late 13th century medieval written works like song & prayer books, & even papal letters. They include man-sized snails, snails hovering in mid air, & man/snail hybrids ridden by rabbits. Their origins are a mystery
4XWg TIL Samuel R. Caldwell (February 11, 1880 - June 24, 1941) was the first person convicted of selling marijuana under the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, according to federal files.