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TIL that humans are the only living great ape species who have 23 pairs of chromosomes, all other species have 24 pairs.

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W7Jyo TIL of the longest pro baseball game jn history between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox. It lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of play total.
9Y1XG TIL In the 1980's UK newspaper 'The Sun' published topless photos of 16 year olds who were still in school on its page 3. With titles such as 'Sam quits A-levels for ooh-levels'
y9ma TIL the Mary Poppins word Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious breaks down into: super- “above”, cali- “beauty”, fragilistic- “delicate”, expiali- “to atone”, and -docious “educable”, with the roughly meaning, “atoning for educability through delicate beauty.
gjYA TIL that Bugs Bunny’s nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position came from the film It Happened One Night in which Clark Gable is leaning against a fence, eating carrots rapidly, and talking with his mouth full.
1br8 TIL hiding backwards messages in music is banned in California.