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TIL of Inky .. the Octopus that escaped from it’s tank in a New Zealand Aquarium, slid across the floor and into a 50 m drainpipe leading back to the ocean ..

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8aBRV TIL that the average delay of a Japanese bullet train is just 54 seconds, despite factors such as natural disasters. If the train is more than five minutes late, passengers are issued with a certificate that they can show their boss to show that they are late.
x6ynB TIL the first confirmed minor to be executed in the United States was 16yo Thomas Granger, executed for buggery involving several animals, including "a mare, a cow, two goats, divers sheep, two calves, and a turkey."
MeKO0 TIL The longest anyone's been in a coma is 37 years and 111 days. A six year old girl was in hospital for a routine appendectomy, she went under general anaesthetic and never woke up. She was in a coma from August 6th 1941 to 1978.
M7aW TIL A woman from England can see 99 million more colours than the rest of the worlds population.
5k TIL That mini black holes appear around the Earth on a daily basis although most are smaller than an atom and cannot be noticed.