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TIL an albatross can fly for up to 6 years without landing and travel for 49,000 miles (more than 2 times around the Earth).

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oBjyW TIL in 1964 The Beatles were so popular that when "Sie liebt dich", a German language version of "She Loves You" that the Fab Four recorded to increase their German sales, was released in the US, it managed to reach the Billboard Top 100 chart.
LQv0Z TIL India has a vast and rich (and unexplored) dinosaur fossil beds which is not even well known in India
0dQJy TIL a dog survived the crash of American Airlines Flight 965, when the 757 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Columbia, killing 151 of the 155 passengers onboard.
QNL4a TIL San Francisco experienced a major earthquake in 1906 that caused the San Andreas Fault to slip. It was followed by massive fire that led to 4 square miles being leveled, 3,000 deaths and 250,000 left homeless. The sound was described as a noise "like the roar of 10,000 lions"
PmYV TIL: Ligers continue growing throughout their entire lives due to a genetic disorder called growth dysplasia. They grow twice the size of their Tiger mama’s and Lion papa’s. The largest cat in the world is a 922lb Liger.