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TIL birds such as the Albatross and the Frigatebird, known to fly over the open ocean for weeks on end, can sleep while flying

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5OL8 TIL That comedian Daniel Tosh (Tosh.0) suffers from social anxiety, and can only overcome it by creating a different personality for his show
aw079 TIL that in a sexual survey U.S. women reported using a nationwide total of 1.1 Billion condoms a year. Men reported using 1.6 Billion condoms a year. The actual amount of condoms sold by manufacturers was 600 million.
DZe TIL that the tallest building in all of Wyoming is only 12 stories high. It’s a freshman dorm.
PGbg TIL, the US Navy retired its nuclear cruisers because it was cheaper than to refuel them
xBw7 TIL a third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother sent a birthday cake, and a knife for cutting the cake, to school. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities as having a dangerous weapon.