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TIL Malabar giant squirrels can measure up to three feet or almost one metre from head to tail

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yb18 TIL the stormtroopers in Star Wars are left-handed
X07Y6 TIL that six doctors devised an experiment where they each swallow a Lego head as a means to determine the typical transit time of a commonly swallowed object. They then presented their findings with a 'Found and Retrieved Time' aka 'FART' score. The FART score averaged 1.71 days
NePE TIL it is illegal to release balloons in the state of Florida
E1OlV TIL that Princess Diana's late boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed, who was also in the fatal car crash in 1997, was first cousins with Jamal Khashoggi.
7r4JZ TIL that the Statue of Liberty is worth less than $230,000 in scrap metal, and is the third most expensive statue in the world.