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TIL giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep in a 24-hour period.

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rRYYo TIL Countdown, the iconic UK gameshow which has run for 35 years to date, went no further than a pilot in the US, apparently because producers thought its premise was too "brainy" to appeal to the general American public.
NXBVb TIL, that cougar's mating call sounds like murder of woman
5YBpr TIL European colonization of Americas killed so many it cooled Earth’s climate
xV8VB TIL of the ancient Greek stoic philosopher Chrysippus of Soli, who initiated the success of Stoicism. He died of laughter at the age of 73 after witnessing a donkey eating his figs.
loZja TIL about the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite group of Theban Greek warriors composed of 150 couples of male lovers.