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TIL A Snail’s anus moves to it’s head as it grows.

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R57Ja TIL the RAF and USAAF dropped 3,316,000 magnesium incendiary bombs on Munich alone during WWII, 4 bombs for every inhabitant.
vP6QD TIL that Abraham Lincoln's supporters called themselves 'Wide Awakes'
1ZDr TIL A swimmer in the 2000 Olympics had taken up swimming only eight months earlier and had practiced in a 20m(66ft) pool at a hotel. Before the Olympics he had never even seen a 50m(160ft) swimming pool. He won his heat and today he’s the coach of the Equatorial Guinea swimming squad.
Q18X TIL at top speed, the Bugatti Veyron’s tires will last 15 minutes. However, it will run out of fuel in 12.
Wk6Jd TIL that the “pink hat man” is a 72 year old man who who owns Cub’s tickets and sits behind home plate but wears a pink hat so his wife knows that he is at the game and not cheating.