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TIL that thousands of years ago, Madagascar was home to lemurs the size of gorillas

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4VO6 TIL René Laennec invented the stethoscope because he was unable to hear a patient’s heart due to their “great degree of fatness”.
j4ep TIL in Kyoto, Japan there are five temples that have blood-stained ceilings. They use the floorboards from a castle where warriors killed themselves after holding off against an army for eleven days. You can still see footprints and outlines to this day.
WkbdL TIL that the award presented for the most battle ready ship is called the "Marjorie Sterrett" award. It is named after a 13 yr old girl who sent her allowance of 10 cents to the New York Tribune to help build warships for WWI. She asked that the next ship built be named "America".
wVJM TIL a woman purchased and renovated a Boeing 727 (airplane) to live in and ended up costing only about $30,000
awYAo TIL of Sun Mingming, the tallest basketball player in the world at 7 feet, 9 inches. He along with his wife Xu Yan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living couple, with a combined height of 13 feet, 10.72 inches.