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yYop TIL in 2012 50 Detroit students were suspended for demanding an education, consistent teachers and schoolbooks.
6Eoa8 TIL in the UK until 1936 the royal Sandringham estate had it's own unique time zone called Sandringham Time (ST) which was set 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
VBNgk TIL the Amur Falcon coordinates his migration with the migration of the Globe Skimmer Dragonfly so as to feed on the wing over the Indian ocean.
1aad4 TIL the first US naval ship to have electric lighting was the USS Trenton (commissioned, 1877). The lights were installed in 1883
OrXR TIL scientists have forced naked mole rats to live in concentrated areas of radiation and injected with carcinogens, but they have never developed cancer. They tolerate acid, live 6 times longer than other rodents, they survive long periods of oxygen deprivation and can live in heavy polluted areas.