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TIL the University of Cambridge was founded when a group of students defected from Oxford after three Oxford scholars were hanged in connection with murder.

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a8P9b TIL that veteran astronaut John Young's heart rate when launching on top of the Saturn V was only 70 bpm, the normal resting heart rate; meanwhile, his rookie crewmate's heart rate was 144 bpm, more than double. Young later said his heart "was too old for it to go any faster".
PYB0Z TIL That most of the world's biggest, longest, & tallest rollercoasters are built by a company from one of the smallest countries in the world, Intamin of Liechtenstein
0wJdR TIL the pocket calculator, patented in 1967, was one of the earliest uses of rechargable batteries. One of the creators, Jerry Merryman, saw it not just as a pocket calculator, but as an "electionic revolution," bringing buttons, thermal printing, and rechargable batteries to the forefront.
mxakY TIL there are terrestrial leeches in the jungles of Asia!
v19VK TIL Many common dog behaviors derive from the wolf predatory sequence(search, stalk, chase, grab, kill, dissect, eat). For example, ripping apart a stuffed animal is dissecting, a herding dogs desire to herd is a fragment of the stalk phase & hounds excel in the search phase