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TIL that Secretariat was such a dominant race horse partly because his heart was roughly two and a half times the size of an average horse. His ample girth, long back and well made neck contributed to his heart-lung efficiency.

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vPdjR TIL Chad Allan originally formed both the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, but in both cases he quit the band before they achieved much success
kOBx1 TIL that sleep literally cleans your brain. During slumber, more cerebrospinal fluid flushes through the brain to wash away harmful proteins and toxins that build up during the day.
rRGJW TIL about Hart Island in NY, one of the largest cemeteries in the U.S. About one million people have been buried there since 1869, mostly children and stillborn babies. Very few people have even been allowed to visit, and taking pictures or videos is illegal.
jNyEQ TIL: When the Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883, It was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 64 km (40 miles) away on ships in the Sunda Strait
aR89 TIL 50 beavers were introduced into Tierra del Fuego in the 1940s to help start a fur trade. There are now over 100,000, and they have devastated over 16 million hectares.