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TIL that an acre was originally a rectangle made up of furlongs, which were the distance a pair of oxen could plow before resting

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NXxMQ TIL about a rare trait called snatiation (sneezing + satiation). This trait is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing after eating a meal to fullness.
M74nA TIL that Valentines day is the day that Saint Valentine was beheaded for supporting soldiers getting married.
wLdA8 TIL that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (and Queen Elizabeth's husband) had three sisters who married men who became Nazis during WWII. So when Philip got married to the future queen two years after the war ended, none of them attended his wedding.
kJdN4 TIL: American inventor William Richardson created an enhanced swimming apparatus around 1880, enabling users to reach speeds between 4 and 6 miles per hour. The device utilized a central longitudinal shaft to transfer cranking movements of hands and feet to a four-bladed propeller.
woE5o TIL that the Swiss Air Force did not respond to the hijacking of EA Flight 702 because it was outside of office hours 08:00-12:00 - French and Italian aircraft escorted it to Geneva airport