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TIL that an adult gets a whole new skeleton every 10 years due to constant bone remodeling.

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wLOMJ TIL that the song "The Night Begins To Shine" was featured on the kids TV show "Teen Titans Go" as a throw-away joke and would eventually become #1 on iTunes rock charts.
vpDj TIL that the members of the crew of the Essex, the ship that was sunk by a sperm whale (and inspired “Moby Dick”), were forced to resort to cannibalism to stay alive on their longboats. Toward the end, they drew lots to see who would be killed for the benefit of the others. Only 8 of 20 survived.
VMLok TIL of order 44. An executive order by the Governor of Missouri to exterminate the mormon church after they fired upon US militia.
W7Qp9 TIL that many iconic artefacts previously discovered at Titanic's wreck site, such as the ship's crow's nest, mast, promenade deck and Captain Smith's bathtub, have already disintegrated or disappeared entirely; documentary film-making and dive tourism have been blamed as expediting the decay.
R7ap9 TIL in 1975 after 6 same-sex marriage licenses were handed out in Colorado, a cowboy marched to the County Clerk's office with request to marry his favourite horse. But got his request rejected on the grounds that the 8 year old mare was underage.