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TIL We Used To Sleep In Two Segments Every Night Until Electricity Was Invented

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5YVED TIL of the "Mile Into The Wild" Walkway, an elevated walkway in a refuge for more than 450 Lions, Tigers, Bears, Wolves and other rescued carnivores. It's elevated because the animals do not consider sky as territory, allowing humans to observe them without causing a fight or flight response.
QLnM TIL that when a statue of George Washington was sent to London, included was some American dirt so as to not violate his vow of never stepping on English soil.
N9yJ TIL that Jackie Chan voiced the character of Shang in the Chinese release of the Walt Disney animated feature, Mulan. He also performed the song “I’ll Make a Man Out of You”, for the film’s soundtrack.
NX4x6 TIL that Zaragoza's (Spain) original name was Caesaraugusta, named by Caesar Augustus, the first Roman Emperor.
j6GEQ TIL Shortly before Paris was captured by the Nazis in 1940, French engineers cut the lift cables to the Eiffel Tower. German soldiers had to climb the entire tower in order to hoist their flag... which blew away after just few hours. Hitler himself was unable to make the climb when he visited.