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TIL Oxford University is older then the Aztec civilization. Oxford: 1249. Founding of Tenochtitlán: 1325.

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b4lE TIL that whales can have up to 14 extra spleens. These extra spleens help oxygenate the blood of deeper diving whales.
R4ja TIL In 1972 Lyle Snider, a Quaker who didn’t want his tax dollars going to fund war, was arrested for claiming 3 billion dependents, the population of the Earth, on his W-4 form. Snider was charged with filing a false and fraudulent withholding form, and sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Y5pr TIL in 2009 a pigeon named Winston raced Telkom, South Africa’s largest ISP, to see who could deliver 4GB of data to a location 60 miles away the fastest. By the time Winston arrived with the 4GB flash drive, Telkom had transmitted only 4% of the data.
A8ba TIL Sid Meier wasn’t bothered about online play in the first Civilization game, saying “if you had friends, you wouldn’t need to play computer games”.
e01NJ TIL Astronomers at the Mount Wilson Observatory sketch sunspots every day, continuing a tradition started by Galileo. The drawing can take anywhere from 10 minutes to three hours, depending on the solar activity