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TIL: That a worm can travel up to 73 meters per hour
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TIL The Chicago area boasts more hot dog restaurants than McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King restaurants combined.
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TIL the Swiss Guard, known now as the guys in the vibrant clown-like costumes that stand around the Vatican holding halberds, once stood against an army as it sacked Rome. 189 Guard stood against 20,000 invaders at the Vatican long enough for Pope Clement VII to escape the city.
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TIL that up to 25% of the population may have trouble distinguishing between right and left, even into adulthood.
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TIL Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, earned his spot with the group over the flip of a coin.
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TIL Martin Luther King Jr. said he experienced far more hatred in Chicago than he ever did in Alabama or Mississippi. King took part of the Chicago Housing Movement in August 1966 with thousands of local whites jeering, throwing bricks, and displaying Confederate and Nazi signs all over the city.