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TIL of Sailor’s Eyeball, one of the largest known single-celled organisms. It can grow to 1.5 inches in length.

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E9NV TIL half of the world’s roundabouts are in France
PvDJ TIL that roundabouts reduce fatalities from accidents by 90%. They also lower wait times and save on gas.
0wneL TIL that during the last few months for jazz legend John Coltrane’s death, he would take the sax out of his mouth during performances and start beating his chest, chanting, yodeling, and screaming. Sometimes Coltrane felt like even his sax couldn’t truly express what he wanted to say.
6EBpZ TIL Suzuki Hayabusa, the fastest bike ever when introduced, was named so after the peregrine falcon, which can dive at up to 300 km/h (close to the bikes top speed), and also because it preys on blackbirds, also the name of the then fastest bike the Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird.
Y7GnB TIL that Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood comes from a community of Bargees (also known as "water gypsies"), and that his generation was the first to not be born on a boat