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TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.

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a8g60 TIL Oscar De Priest was the only african-american congressman during this three terms in congress from Illinois 1929 to 1935. He was the first black congressman from outside the south, and the first to be elected to congress in the 20th century.
691v7 TIL they make car elevators to make parking easier especially in narrow streets. They cost $55,000 and Harrison Ford, Britney Spears and Mitt Romney all have one.
mxGPM TIL arguably the most dangerous stretch of water in the world is an unassuming looking river in Yorkshire, England.
ZRrG TIL that in 1967 Vladimir Komarov became the first to die during a space mission. Reportedly he knew the mission would fail but went up anyway to save anyone else from dying. A final recording exists where he curses his commanders for ignoring his warnings as he burns up in re-entry
loDgB TIL that the average man shouldn't have more than 36g of added sugar and the average woman shouldn't have more than 25g per day. To put that into perspective a can of soda has 40g of sugar in it.