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TIL that wolves get 7 hours of sleep on average per day, while mice get 14.5.

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9Yj5G TIL, American pilots flew P-51 Mustangs in Very Long Range misisons operating from the island of Iwo Jima during WW2. These 7+ hour missions involved flying 3 hours across the open Pacific to targets in Japan and then 3+ hours return flight. Threats included bad weather, flak, enemy planes, etc.
vJar TIL Polar bears are invisible to night-vision goggles.
jaMQ TIL Christopher Lee not only was a huge Tolkien fan as far back as when the books were written but he actively shaped his career so that he could play a wizard when the films are eventually made.
RLg8 TIL a 16-year veteran Police Officer filed suit against his department alleging he was twice passed up for promotion and denied chances for overtime because he refused to profile young drivers for traffic tickets
BXae TIL that the death toll of the Rwandan Genocide accounted as much as 20% of the country’s total population