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TIL the tail of a comet can reach 1 million km long

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nLVo TIL that Maruyama Zoo in Japan tried to mate two male hyenas for four years.
Q4lL TIL The oldest animal ever found was a quahog clam named ‘Ming’ – 405 years old when they found it
loRkG TIL about the Order of Malta, the smallest sovereign state in the world. It only has 2 or 3 citizens and owns a few buildings in Rome.
OdaX TIL Kirk Douglas, star of Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960), will turn 100 years old on December 9th. He has starred in 91 films, won a Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1996, and has survived a helicopter crash and a stroke. He is also the world’s oldest celebrity blogger.
0dkeM TIL after two and a half hours of competing in the olympic high jump two athletes decided to share gold