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TIL a blue whale can consume as many calories in a single moutful as an average person consumes in roughly 180 days

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E1WnX TIL Scientists have turned spinach into beating human heart tissue
RN6a TIL the Hope Diamond glows red after being exposed to UV light, fueling its cursed reputation
N7GKb TIL For centuries Romans preserved a primitive house from early Roman settlements that was the reputed house of Romulus, legendary founder and first King of Rome.
dD7EZ TIL that a sonic boom occurs because a jet is moving faster than the sound it is creating.
8aGeX TIL that Yale graduate William Chester Minor, who became one of the largest contributors for the compiling of the Oxford English Dictionary by providing usages of words from his antiquated book collection, was a clinically insane murderer who cut off his own penis.