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TIL what's inside a bowling ball.

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M7X4W TIL that the gender of a sea turtle is determined by the temperature of the sand... the saying goes, "hot chicks, cool dudes".
57V8 TIL swearing can increase pain tolerance and reduce the fear of being in pain.
0wge1 TIL the largest moth in the world, the Hercules Moth, has a wingspan up to 36cm (14in) and spends up to two years in its cocoon, but only lives two to eight days as it has no mouth and ultimately dies of starvation.
VMwxG TIL that in 2011, more than 1 in 3 divorce filings in the United States contained the word “Facebook”.
jARE TIL if we could see the Andromeda Galaxy in the sky with the naked eye it would appear several times larger than the moon.