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TIL that giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep per day.

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XEBbr TIL of the Sea Peoples. They were a group of raiders and pirates that nearly toppled ancient Egypt, conquering almost half the country. Archaeologists do not know anything about where they came from or who they went afterwards.
mKBp TIL that rabbits were first domesticated by French monks because they believed that newborn rabbits were fish and therefore their flesh could be eaten during Lent
R7417 TIL A man whose car bore a license plate reading 'NO PLATE' received notices for thousands of unpaid parking tickets.
vPRGL TIL of in 1748, the first known artificial refrigeration was demonstrated by William Cullen. But the history of the ice makers begins with Oliver Evans, an American inventor who designed the first refrigeration machine in 1805 because Mr. Cullen never used his discovery for practices.
J7Wl TIL wombat poop is shaped like a cube. This distinct shape allows their poop to stay in place (on rocks, logs, etc…) as territorial signposts.