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TIL about the Banach–Tarski Paradox where mathematically it is possible to split an object in to multiple parts and recombine them into two exact copies of the original without adding new material.

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XQXk TIL An Elephant, Kosik, can speak 5 words in Korean, “sit, no, yes and lie down.” He creates the words by putting his trunk in his mouth and vibrating it. He is the only elephant scientifically proven to speak human words.
wLjP7 TIL bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
E1J5W TIL that due to a loophole in the New Jersey State Constitution women in New Jersey could vote from 1776 to 1807, many years prior to Women's Suffrage in the United States
eyPJ TIL. That the Cowardly Lion costume from the 1939 Wizard of Oz was made from real lion pelts.
xEr7 TIL That A Neutron Star Named PSR J1748-2446ad Spins Over 716 Times a Second. The speed at it’s equator is 24% the Speed of light or 70,000KM/s.