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TIL Oregon is the fastest speaking state in the US

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VE5Z TIL that a dog called Capitan has slept and rarely left his owners grave since he died 6 years ago. And no one never showed him the grave, he found it himself and refused to leave when close family tried to take him home
d8laE TIL that after a heart transplant you'll have a resting pulse of around 90 bpm since the vagus nerve that usually regulates heart rate is cut during the transplant. The heart will still beat faster during exercise due to its internal regulatory mechanism, but the new "idle" will be around 90 bpm.
jLdj TIL despite it’s defeat during the World War 2, France is the most successful military power in European history. Out of 168 battles fought since 387BC, they have won 109.
5VYor TIL Robert Hines who was launched into space today attended Space Camp as kid at age 14 in 1989, three years after SpaceCamp the movie was released in 1986.
M7178 TIL that sea bathing became popular in the 1700s -- women would wear loose gowns and sometimes had lead weights sewn in so that the gown did not float up in order to maintain their modesty