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TIL we talk to ourselves at an equivalent rate of 4,000 words per minute.

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wRw8 TIL Vladimir Putin publicly stole a Super Bowl ring from NE Patriots owner Robert Kraft during a trip to St. Petersburg in 2005
jNVVv TIL about Lady Qi, consort of Emperor Gaozu founder of the Han dynasty, whose limbs were chopped off, eyes were gouged out, tongue cut off, ears cut off, made mute, locked in a pigsty and referred to as "human swine" by the Empress Dowager Lü Zhi who was apparently not on very good terms with her
8e7MP TIL Gouverneur Morris, one of the Founding Fathers, died after he had caused himself internal injuries and an infection while using a piece of whalebone as a catheter in an attempt to clear a blockage in his urinary tract.
78W57 TIL Australia has slightly more land mass than the contiguous United States. Five of the six mainland states are each bigger than Texas. Just Victoria, containing the 2nd largest city Melbourne, is smaller.
00L1 TIL on Memorial day, the US Flag should be flown at half mast from dawn to noon only. From noon to dusk it should be flown at full.