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

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yVoPe TIL about "Bomb" a Canadian Sherman M4A2 tank that landed on Juno Beach on D Day and fought across Europe every day until the the words "Unload, clear guns, the war is over" came over the radio, indicating the end of the war. 4000km travelled, never missed a day of combat.
awbAJ TIL the connection between Halo franchise and the production of District 9
dxp9 TIL Jaleel White (Steve Urkel from Family Matters) was also the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the original cartoons.
Bg8OW TIL about Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki, Japan; a theme park which recreates the Netherlands by displaying life-sized copies of old Dutch buildings.
WoXd TIL At the Battle of Klushino in 1610, The Polish Winged Hussars were outnumbered ten to one, and still somehow came out on top, utterly annihilating an army of 40,000 Swedes and Russians with just 4,000 Winged Hussars.