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TIL That one month in lunar terms is called a "moonth' as it takes 29.53 days to orbit the earth

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Y7WGG TIL during hibernation, Arctic ground squirrels' core body temperature reaches temperatures down to −2.9 °C (26.8 °F) and the heart rate drops to one beat per minute
8yNG TIL that a reckless neurosurgeon in Texas killed and paralyzed several patients over 18 months in spite of many formal complaints of his malpractice by fellow neurosurgeons.
XyWR TIL that if you were born in the US in the 60s or later, the government already has your DNA in a database through the mandatory newborn screening program.
9Gy7 TIL in 1923, a Mississippi association developed an influential set of recommendations about street-sign shapes whose impact is still felt today. The recommendations were based on a simple, albeit not exactly intuitive, idea: the more sides a sign has, the higher the danger level it invokes.
W710A TIL that the 1947 Belgian census was so controversial that it resulted in the discontinuing of language censuses in Belgium. Since 1961 there has been no official information on Belgian language knowledge or use.