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TIL in 1991, there were 60,000 jellyfish orbiting Earth.
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TIL that a German knight named Gotz von Berlichingen lost his hand in 1504, and had it replaced with a mechanical iron prosthetic. It was capable of grasping everything from a sword to a feather pen.
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TIL Denver Bronco’s quarterback Peyton Manning bought 21 Papa Johns franchises in Colorado before marijuana was legalized. He credits the law change with his now booming business.
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TIL: There are pyramids in Mauritius. The builders have not been identified and many people write off as "just piles of rocks" despite them having an uncanny resemblance to many other pyramids in Tenerife and Sicily 1000s of miles away
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TIL that all the domestic cattle today descended from a single group of 80 Aurochs (a type of cattle hunted to extinction by early humans).
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TIL The CPR survival rate in actual hospitals is about 12%, and it’s 55% in television hospitals