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TIL that Axolotls can regenerate the same organs and limbs up to 5 times, including its heart, arms, spine and parts of it's brain!

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677Q TIL that an average person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator during their lifetime.
m1jjv TIL the infamous "Jump the Shark" episode of Happy Days (Season 5, Episode 3) was created as a way to showcase Henry Winkler's real-life water skiing skills. The episode drew over 30 million viewers.
R76M9 TIL of General Order 11 where general Ulysses S Grant expelled Jewish people from 3 states under his control out of a belief that they were responsible for corruption and smuggling in the region, shortly after this order was issued it was countermanded by Abraham Lincoln.
QJpoM TIL that the user agreement of a popular Japanese robot includes: the owner must not perform any sexual act on the robot, and the robot may not be used to harm humans or to send out spam emails. The company has also said that tampering with the robot to give it a sexier voice would be frowned upon
mxGRo TIL: Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic philosopher, deposited his book in the Artemisium which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.