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TIL in terms of endurance, there is no living animal that can beat a human; basic human biology makes humans the ultimate runners

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7rkxL TIL: On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.
MyDA TIL: NASA may have discovered clouds on exoplanet GJ 1214 b. There is a chance it might be an ocean planet.
D1jXj TIL that there are postage stamps specifically for sending postcards, and they are nearly $0.20 cheaper than letter stamps. (Context: I’m a millennial.)
DmVv TIL Jeep mass produced a fully electric delivery vehicle for the USPS in 1974.
78P87 TIL that the longest wedding veil ever was longer than 63 football fields! It was worn by a woman named Maria Paraskeva from Cyprus in 2018 and measured 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches long. The veil required a team of 20 people to carry it and took more than a year to create.