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TIL about Mary of Woodstock, who was made a nun at 7, went to live by herself in comfortable private quarters, and travelled widely around the country with no husband or kids. Every year she was given the equivalent of $250,000, twice the usual allowance for clothes, and 5,120 gallons of wine.

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1O14 TIL a whale known as “the world’s loneliest whale” is the only one known to produce “songs” at 52Hz. Although the sonic signature is that of a whale, the frequency is unique in no other whale uses it to answer back. His songs were first detected in 1992. A 50-day search for him will start this Fall.
rvKw TIL that if you loose a tooth but can put it back in it’s socket within 20 minutes, there’s an extremely high chance that the roots will heal themselves.
rNYAM TIL that the coldest temperature in the universe, as far as scientists can tell, occurred on Earth. In 2003, physicists at MIT reduced the temperature of a cloud of sodium molecules to 810 trillionths of a degree F above absolute zero.
GdQQ TIL that in New York subways, booth attendants would sprinkle chili powder in coin slots to stop people from “coin sucking”
v1O0B TIL Sperm whale sonar clicks are so loud they can do physical harm to divers.