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TIL “Gaylord” is another term for a large shipping box.

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e4M4 TIL 40,000 Vikings with 700 ships besieged Paris in 885 AD but could not take it and gave up, thanks to the defensive efforts of King Charles the Fat and his Warrior Bishop
woPb1 TIL 70 percent of human genes are found in zebrafish, which is one of the reasons why they are excellent for modeling human diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and melanoma. They are also used to study gene mutations and test new drugs.
kNZg TIL When President Ronald Reagan has been admitted to a hospital in 1981 due to being shot by John Hinckley Jr., he joked “Please tell me you’re all Republicans.” To which a surgeon who was a liberal democrat himself replied, “We’re all Republicans today.”
grM8L TIL Ice Is Classified As A Mineral
OomV7 TIL that suppressing a sneeze can damage your eardrum or damage your blood vessel in your brain. It can at times even lead to death.