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TIL that a sheep’s wool never stops growing and it can actually roll over on its back from the weight and die of starvation

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4XNnN TIL Hotmail was originally stylized as HoTMaiL in reference to HTML-based email formatting, which was new at the time.
40Xo TIL Whale Fossils have been found on top of the Andes mountains
1aQAd TIL of Carl Unthan (1848-1929), a Prussian violinist who was born without arms. At the age of 10, he taught himself to play the violin by strapping it to a stool. If he broke a string- he replaced it and tuned it using only his toes. He was also a skilled marksman, operating a rifle with his feet.
jNdJn TIL of a supposed sunken city off the coast of Cuba that was found in 2001: it's over 2000 feet below the surface of the ocean, and has what some surmise from sonar images and footage to be pyramids and roads
YEQZ TIL On British Airways Flight 5390 the Captain was sucked out of the cockpit when a faulty window blew out at 17,300 ft. With only his legs remaining in the plane, the quick thinking crew held onto him for 22 minutes till they safely landed. He survived.