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TIL Giraffes only require about 30 minutes of sleep per day... with an average lifespan of 25 years, they’re conscious for most of it.

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l7RYB TIL about the Military life of General MacArthur and how he became the Military Governor of Japan, helping Reform the government through Emperor Hirohito of Japan
ne907 TIL Egyptians and Sumerians invented straws 7,000 years ago to use for sipping beer. Created from natural products, the straws were used to separate sediment from beer as the beer-making process used to leave unwanted elements in the drink
JYbkm TIL of a failed 1996 space rocket launch that flew directly into a village and China tried to cover up
4kN1J TIL the word, colour and gemstone “Turquoise” comes from the French word for “Turkey”
D1Y6p TIL of a woman who sat on a toilet for two years and that was enough time for her skin to get fused with the toilet seat. Emergency workers had to use a pry bar to remove the seat from the toilet. She was taken to the hospital with the seat still attached.