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TIL that Spartans only allowed marked graves for men who died in battle and women who died in childbirth.

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XERZE TIL that land that was covered by glaciers during the last Ice Age is still rising about a centimeter a year, 12,000 years after the massive weight of the ice sheets is gone
epxGg TIL cancer cells are immortal by activation of an enzyme called telomerase, which is developmentally switched off in normal cells. Cell immortalization is a step that appears to govern the development of all human cancer.
10lP TIL the Scorpion Mouse is carnivorous, immune to venom, and howls like a wolf to claim territory
OG4Kg TIL the Republic of Benin existed for just seven hours on September 19, 1967, making it one of the shortest-lived states ever.
oBpJE TIL of Armenian Shavarsh Karapetyan swimming athlete, had numerous incredible heroic saves, one in 1976 rescuing 20 people from a bus that fell into a river. This act ended his professional career due to severe injuries sustained.