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TIL that the record for longest time without sleep was set in 1963 when 17 year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake on purpose for 11 straight days.

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KYJ9R TIL one of the top trial lawyers in Alaksa built a 17-floor whimsical house in the Talkeetna wilderness referred to as “Dr. Seuss House”.
AZjg TIL during prohibition Herbert Hoover would go to the Belgian embassy to have martinis, as it was not illegal to possess alcohol on foreign soil.
XoW6 TIL the US is the only country in the world that does not have the numerical value on the face of its coins, nor have their bill denominations in different sizes, making it difficult to identify currency for foreigners and blind people.
mxrVo TIL that Young Brothers Pharmacy, in Cartersville GA, is home to the first Coca-Cola wall mural. According to Coca-Cola, the mural was painted in 1894 on the side of Young Bros. Drug Company in downtown Cartersville. A Coca-Cola syrup salesman named James Coudon painted it.
Y7eR7 TIL Saturn’s moon Titan is the only other world in the solar system other than Earth that has weather and liquid on the surface