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TIL that sheep can remember the faces of up to 50 other sheep as well as their shepherd.

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neprB TIL the first operation in history where the long-distance radio-controlled explosions were used for military purposes was when Red Army blew up the historic center of Kiev in September 1941. Together with civilians
r8ne TIL a micromort is a unit of measurement used to measure the risk of activities. One micromort is equal to a one-in-a million chance of death. Living a normal life is about 22 micromorts a day.
bpjN TIL the inside of a cucumber can be 20 degrees cooler than outside - ‘cool as a cucumber’.
Lk8jd TIL that Queen Elizabeth II sends a greeting card to anyone in the United Kingdom or a Commonwealth realm celebrating their 100th or 105th birthday, and every birthday after that.
m51x TIL that Edison invented the electric chair to show that AC was more dangerous than DC so as to undermine Nicola Tesla and his financial backer Westinghouse at a crucial moment in the early days of the electricity wars. It backfired.