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TIL that there are mattress sizes larger than California King and cost up to $5,000 named after American states Texas, Wyoming and Alaska

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8aLDG TIL of Poundbury in Dorset. Due for completion in 2025, the new town is designed to the personal tastes of Prince Charles and includes a replica of Buckingham Palace.
D14oJ TIL, a small triangle in NYC about 27x25x27 inches was not accounted for in an eminent domain seizure in 1914. The owner installed a small mosaic which said "PROPERTY OF THE HESS ESTATE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES." It is still there today.
oRPgL TIL Sperm whales use babysitters. Sperm whale youths cannot dive as deep as their mothers so when the mother needs to forage in the deep the youth is kept safe by swimming with other adult whales.
KOMGE TIL WWII plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe pioneered the use of saline baths as a treatment for burns after he noticed that pilots who crashed into the sea had faster rates of healing from burns than those who crashed on land
mx4jo TIL Honeybees, despite having the brain size of a sesame seed, can count up to four and can understand the concept of zero.