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TIL A scientific study found starting high school one hour later than usual allowed students to sleep more than half an hour more, and was associated with reduced sleepiness and increased academic performance.

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x6oKb TIL Paul Stanley (lead singer for the rock group KISS) cannot hear out of his right ear. His ear was misshapen from a birth defect called microtia. In 1982 he had reconstructive surgery and his new ear was formed from cartilage from one of his ribs, with skin grafts put over it.
J9Av TIL a prison in Oregon had its windows sandblasted after residents complained that prisoners had better ocean views than the tax paying citizens.
gMXXA TIL that the Pyrenean ibex was cloned back from extinction for several minutes, three years after the species had originally gone extinct, until the clone that had been produced died due to lung defects
6Onw TIL the Hawaiian state flag looks like both the US and UK flag because King Kamehameha wanted it to appeal to both sides during the War of 1812
8avG TIL the pope drinks 4 cans of Fanta per day.