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TIL that giraffe sleep tend to last no more than a few minutes at a time. In the zoo giraffes studied in Netherlands, 24 percent of REM-sleep episodes lasted less than a minute

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4kBw TIL each King in a deck of cards is based off a historical figurre
N7rOJ TIL that bowhead whales are the longest-living mammals, able to live to around 200 years due to genes that allow for the repair of DNA. However, many of them do not live to old age as they are a common target for whaling.
Akya TIL the free market value of cocaine, worth $1,000 on the black market, is $20.
5YwMR TIL the Apollo 11 rock presented to Ireland was accidentally discarded in a landfill known as the Dunsink Landfill in October 1977 following a fire that consumed the Meridian room library at the Dublin Dunsink Observatory where the rock was displayed.
wLePW TIL: David Bowie's likeness was stolen for DC comic's version of Lucifer. Quote - "You must draw David Bowie. Find David Bowie, or I’ll send you David Bowie. Because if it isn’t David Bowie, you’re going to have to redo it until it is David Bowie"