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TIL Apples, peaches,and raspberries are all members of the rose family.

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nRGr TIL horses kept in stables suffer from insomnia and stay awake up to 85% of the night. This leads to other issues like sleep rocking, sleepwalking, and night terrors.
8e0m4 Today I learned the first selfie ever taken was in 1839!
KnZG TIL that in Japan, ‘39’ is common text speak for 'thank you’, due to how 3 (san) and 9 (kyu) sound when spoken out loud
Prjg TIL of Juana Maria - A native woman who survived all alone on an island for 18-20 years until her discovery in 1853
kLe5 TIL that because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular shaped sections–rather than with a single, continuous pour–the physical dam itself will survive up to 10,000 years and be one of the last remaining visible and recognizable monuments of humans on the planet.