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[TIL] Our ancestors didn't sleep like us; they slept twice every night.

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8aZgP TIL Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes author) was called upon to help solve a real life crime. His help kept an innocent man from spending life in prison.
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alRM TIL China has lost control of its first space station. It will be entering Earth’s atmosphere in 2017, and there is a chance that parts of the station could survive the burn, falling to Earth and causing damage or injuring people
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MekaV TIL that Virgin group owner Richard Branson bought Necker Island in the Virgin Islands at the age of just 28 for $180,000 in 1978, it was supposed to be worth $6 million but he somehow managed to buy it for $180,000. He still lives on the island to this day.