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TIL that those little cracks you see in dried out soil are called "dessication cracks," or simply "mudcracks."

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Py9e TIL Vikings used the bones of slain animals when smithing new weapons believing this would enchant the weapon with the animals spirit. This actually made the weapons stronger because the carbon in the bones coupled with the iron made a primitive version of steel.
xV510 TIL 6’4” Michael Phelps legs are the same length as 5’9” marathoner Hicham El Guerrouj. It is Phelps short legs and long torso that help make him such a great swimmer.
OvRX TIL Richard Dawson (original host of Family Feud) was asked by producers to quit kissing women. He asked the audience to mail in what they wanted, 704 were against the kissing, and 14,600 wanted him to continue.
9Yd4G TIL about Graham's Number: A number so large that it can't be written down because the universe it too small to contain the physical representation of it.
b540 TIL in Bizarro World, the “opposite world” of the DC universe, the only sane person on the planet is Bizarro Joker