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TIL that hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood

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awMm0 TIL there are almost 40 saints associated with epilepsy and Saint valentine is one of them. One connection is that in German, Valentine is pronounced "fallentin" which is connected to one denomination of the illness (fallen), literally the falling sickness.
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K48R TIL that scientists concluded from the lines of fossilized corals that some million years ago a year had 420 days
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