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TIL Parisians used to hang out in the morgue situated near the Norte Dame. The macabre attraction lured as much as 40.000 visitors per day.

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E1DNP TIL The USS Pennsylvania has been in commission since 1989 and has been powered by a single piece of uranium the size of a fist ever since.
KQj9 TIL In 1989, CIA original operative, wrote that in the future, World War 3 would occur when “Soviet Russia” dupes the United States and Israel into waging a self-destructive war with the Muslim/Arab world.
xV7G5 TIL A 27-year old man from India attempted to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. He claims it is wrong to bring a child into the world, because they have to put up with lifelong suffering.
xVyl0 TIL In the wild, giraffes almost never lie down because of vulnerability to predators. They usually sleep standing, sometimes sitting, and they give birth standing up. When giraffes sleep, they curl their necks and sleep for about five minutes at a time, sleeping no more than 30 minutes a day.
0wLjR TIL about Tidal locking when rotation and translation takes the same time. For example, the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. And almost all bodies will eventually be tidal locked.