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TIL a common year (aka non-leap year) begins and ends on the same day of the week

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KOekE TIL that male water striders intimidate the female to have sex with them by tapping on the water to attract predators
XENk6 Today I Learned that the worlds biggest collection of Nash Motors automobiles(about 268 of them) rests 450 feet under water in Lake Michigan when the ship carrying them was struck by another and sank.
g7ZW TIL: Inadequate hand washing contributes to nearly 50 percent of all food borne illness outbreaks.
8aK0b TIL Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut came from Mars. The Mars company that is. She replied to a radio advertisement in 1989 to get the space fairing job.
WKaL TIL the writers of Malcom in the Middle had a game called “What won’t Bryan [Cranston] do?” that culminated in him wearing the infamous suit of bees. They gave up and changed it to “What can’t Bryan do?” which saw Hal disco-skating, washing a car in Daisy Dukes, and painting with his full body.