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TIL Legend by Bob Marley has been on the album chart for over 914 weeks and currently sits at 69

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YNyv TIL that the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is ‘gorilla gorilla gorilla’
wLB78 TIL when your immune system fights an infection, it cranks up the mutation rate during antibody production by a factor of 1,000,000, and then has them compete with each other. This natural selection process creates highly specific antibodies for the virus.
kmZ4 TIL that black swans are an actual type of swan, not just a rare color variant
VwgD TIL in 1372 when architect Yi Kaizhan was commisioned to build the Jiayuguan fort, a pass along the Great Wall, he ordered the exact number of bricks required. He added one more when his judgement was questioned. The extra brick was never used.
Lk8Od TIL about Lover’s Eye art. Jewelry popular in the late 1700s and early 1800s when stylish aristocratic Englishmen and women often wore the miniature portraits depicting their spouse or lover. Because the tiny watercolors revealed only the eye, the subject’s identity was kept secret.