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TIL Adult skeletons are replaced every 10 years

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b6mp4 TIL legendary sing-songwriter and inventor of the Jello Shot, Tom Lehrer, transferred all his music into the public domain and all of his recorded songs can be downloaded for free.
kJg4W TIL that after we spontaneously blink, our subjective perception of time often makes the following moment feel slightly longer than it actually is.
AOLl TIL shortly before his death, Hans Christian Andersen had consulted a composer about the music for his funeral, saying: “Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with little steps.”
695JZ TIL that a Portuguese fraudster managed to convince a legitimate British printing company to produce so many banknotes that it impacted the Portuguese economy and thus also contributed to the military dictatorship from 1926 to 1974. The head of the printing house later became Lord Mayor of London.
7O6Z TIL rockets have white and black patterns named “roll patterns” to monitor their movement when launched.