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TIL The longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare was the siege of Sarajevo (1992-1996)

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BYOL TIL that octopuses usually have 8 arms and 0 tentacles because cephalopod “arms” have suckers along most of their length while tentacles only have suckers near the ends.
nWV9W TIL of 'Soul of the Earth' by Rafael Trénor--an earth sized sculpture forming the concept of a cube within the earth with the 8 corners poking out on/near land, will be the largest sculpture on earth when the final vertex is finished in Spain.
l7VlN TIL about the sungrebe- an unusual bird species where the male will carry the chicks in special pouches on his body until they are able to fend for themselves. This has led to the sungrebe being dubbed the “marsupial bird”.
jNOba TIL that the Old State House of Bermuda is leased to the Lodge of St.George for the price of one single peppercorn. The peppercorn is delivered to the Governor of Bermuda in an annual ceremony each year.
rDYw TIL Dr. Donald Unger cracked his knuckles every day for 60 years to see if it would cause arthritis. He would crack his knuckles on one hand every day and leave the other one as a control. After 60 years, there was no discernible difference between them and Unger won the Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine.