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TIL Ants sleep for 5 hours a day in short 1-2 minute naps with their longest being around 10.

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QNXB6 TIL the Turkish national sport is oil wrestling where men cover themselves in olive oil and then wrestle. It is also allowed to slip your hand into other wrestler shorts.
Z8y4p TIL that under every brown eye is a blue eye. The only difference between a brown eye and a blue eye is a very thin layer of pigment on the surface and that exists a noninvasive cosmetic surgery that transforms brown eyes to blue by low-energy laser
OoKga TIL Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, is a disorder characterized by extreme self-neglect. The name derives from Diogenes of Sinope, an ancient Greek philosopher, a Cynic and an ultimate minimalist, who allegedly lived in a large jar in Athens.
N7NRE TIL Most cyclists can achieve 10-12 mph average very quickly with limited training and Tour de France riders achieve 25 miles per hour over 125 miles, but many cyclists never get to an average over 13-15 mph
4kKZo TIL a primary inspiration for communism for both Marx and Engels was the Native American Iroquois Indians, the Haudenosaunee.