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TIL that the largest beaver dam is 2,790 ft (850 m) in length, twice the width of the Hoover Dam!

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78llx TIL that the US Marshals' "Con Air" service will transport non-federal prisoners at a cost of no more than $2,643.
JYpVm TIL that in order to stay in "sync" with the earth's orbit around the sun, we have to skip having a leap year every 100 years, and that every 400 years we have to skip skipping the leap year.
aR6N TIL that in 1968, a group of students at McGill University publicly violated the law to publish a text providing critical information about sexual health. The resulting book, called The Birth Control Handbook, sold millions of copies.
9K7X TIL that mathematicians have jokingly proposed a standard unit of measurement for beauty: the “millihelen.” Inspired by Helen of Troy, a millihelen is defined as “the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.”
p8878 TIL In 1978, Charlie Chaplin's coffin was dug up and stolen, and his body was held ransom.