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TIL that the saying "O'Clock" is short form for "Of The Clock." It originated as early as the 14th century and was said to distinguish between other time telling methods.

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NXyG8 TIL that the Cuvier's beaked whale has the deepest and longest recorded dives of any mammal, having been measured at 2,992 m (9,816 ft) and 222 minutes.
KZm6 TIL that although lead paint was recognized as toxic as early as 1897 and banned by the League of Nations in 1922, the US did not ban lead paint until 1971.
QaDL TIL Russian criminal and prisoners would get large chest and back tattoos of Stalin and Lenin, not out of respect, but to avoid having internal organs damaged during beatings by guards who would not denigrate the images.
Vbg4 TIL If you take all the DNA in your body and line it up to form one long strand, it would measure to be 135 trillion meters long. It would be able to wrap around the Earth’s equator 2.5 million times or about twice the diameter of our solar system.
XEvKX TIL The true meaning of 'Aloha' in Hawaiian is love, peace and compassion. The literal translation of Aloha from Hawaiian to English is “the presence of breath”. “Alo” is a Hawaiian word for presence and “ha” means “breath”.