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TIL of a Great year. A period of time that lasts 25,772 years and measures the rotation of the earths axis.

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WkMd8 TIL of "Big's Backyard Ultra" a last man standing marathon, where competitors run around a 4.1667 mile loop until only one remains. Last year's winner ran a record-setting 68 laps (283.3356 miles) in 55 hours, 23 minutes. Everyone but the winner is designated DNF.
MZ70 TIL that Dinosaurs lived on Earth for 150 million years. We’ve been around for just 0.1% of that time.
wjY7 TIL in the UK version of “Lilo and Stitch”, the scene of Lilo hiding in a clothes dryer was redrawn so that way Lilo’s hiding in a cupboard with a pizza box for a door to prevent little kids from imitating the act of hiding in a dryer.
vbJx TIL Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million Matrix salary to special effects and makeup staff.
W1G9 TIL that a New Mexico man tried to kill a mouse that he had caught in a glue trap by burning it alive on a pile of burning leaves. Instead, the fire melted the glue, freeing the flaming mouse which then ran back inside the man’s home and started a fire which burned the house down