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TIL No matter how scrambled a Rubik’s Cube is, it can be solved in less that 20 turns.

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W7NkN TIL that the highest rated book by an american author on Goodreads is Words of Radiance at 4.76
5VOQ8 TIL Japan slaughtered all the animals in Tokyo zoo during WW2 worried that they’ll escape in case of US/UK air attacks
yQEdM TIL that after the monarchy was restored in Britain, King Charles II had Oliver Cromwell's corpse exhumed and beheaded. The head which was put on a stick outside Westminster Hall fell down during a storm and was retrieved by a nearby guard who stole the head and hid it up a chimney.
wL6Y8 TIL deepest shaft cave of India Krem Um Ladaw is where the largest cave fishes are found, interestingly 10 times bigger than the next one, and are blind. ps. link has some breathtaking pics and video of the underground World.
OEwg TIL Humans are closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than Tyrannosaurus Rex is to the Stegosaurus.