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TIL the lifespan of the largest brain corals is 900 years

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NXVGE TIL that woodlice are not insects, they are crustaceans and are related to lobsters.
grvnA TIL Don Quixote, considered one of the first modern novels, is also one of the first stories that uses meta-fiction, as the author plays pretend that his story comes from historical sources and had to search for lost documents and translations to complete it.
Ypr6P TIL During the 1905 Russian Revolution, the Tsar flirted with imposing a military dictatorship to avoid reform. When he asked Grand Duke Nicholas, a respected commander, to become dictator, the nobleman drew a pistol and threatened to shoot himself in the head if the Tsar further refused the reforms
WkDPN TIL about the Human Towers of Barcelona/Catalon, often reaching a height of 9-10 people high
OoM77 TIL that Ulysses S. Grant not only created the Department of Justice, he also supported the Fifteenth Amendment and asked Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1871, allowing him to combat and prosecute the Ku Klux Klan.