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TIL The Universe has an average colour – and it’s called cosmic latte

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wLNaM TIL about Owney the Postal Dog! He was a terrier mix that captured the hearts of railway postal workers and rode the trains with them. They even awarded him medals for his service - so many that they filled his collar and a little harness, special-made. Owney was a very good boy, indeed!
bxpa TIL of Fatal Familial Insomnia, a very rare and incurable disease which destroys the patient’s ability to sleep. At the time of death some victims have been sleep-deprived for up to six months.
1nwr TIL that Socrates complained about “kids these days” in much the same way that people do today.
8beL TIL that 93% of occupational fatalities in the US are men, a death rate roughly 11 times higher than that of women
9YbGD TIL: King George VI took six months to give up the title of Emperor of India from the date Great Britain relinquished power.