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

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kAr5 TIL a sailing ship called Eclipse was overtaken by a hurricane, and then it was hit by a meteor.
VM5o0 TIL the HMS Victory, most famously commanded by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, has been preserved as a museum ship and is also the world's oldest naval ship still in commission, though the USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned ship still afloat
4kNlX TIL that in 1939, a test cricket match between England and South Africa lasted for 12 days. It was eventually abandoned so that the English team could catch a ship back to the United Kingdom. That was the last "timeless test". Modern test cricket matches end in a draw after 5 days.
8epwX TIL about the Ma'kech, also known as a Living Brooch, where an ironclad beetle is painted, adorned with gemstones, and traditionally worn as living jewelry in parts of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
m8yP TIL that, because of the amount of granite in its construction, Grand Central Station produces more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant.