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TIL dogs are the most diverse land mammal and the largest dogs are 40 times the size of the smallest

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4kkQJ TIL due its slow rotation around its own axis and its uneven orbital path around the sun, occasionally the sun will appear to reverse its path in Mercury's sky, and reverse again, causing Mercury to sometimes have a double sunrise.
X0VxX TIL Jayne Mansfield's bosom(40D-21-36)was behind bra development in the 50's & she helped popularize bikinis. She slept w/both John&Bobby Kennedy,was dubbed Hollywood's smartest dumb blonde with an IQ over 160 & was the 1st major Am. actress to perform in a nude scene post silent era.She died at 34.
9YkbM TIL that diarrhea was one of the most common causes of death in the American Civil War and that soldiers had an unwritten code of honor against shooting someone who was pooping.
R7GQ9 TIL that Mayonnaise helps save turtles rescued from oil spill as it can dilute the tar stuck in turtles' eyes, nostrils, mouths, stomachs and intestines.
bPxQ TIL that a man named Peter Niers killed 544 people and was subsequently executed over a 3 day period which included having strips of flesh pulled from his skin and hot oil poured into the wounds.