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TIL a giraffe heart spans 2 feet and weighs 25 pounds

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1avvW TIL that Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish carpenter, suffered huge losses after a fire broke out in his woodworking shop that made furniture. He descended into bankruptcy & decided to start making small wood items, including toys. He even renamed his company to 'leg godt' ('play well') or Lego.
VMyAZ TIL: Dogs do not age at seven times the rate of humans, scientists have found in a study that reveals young dogs are “older” than previously thought.
XEVZr TIL that the Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1932–1947 and from 1951 until his death in 1954 was Harry Baals
mxpjO TIL Boney M's Bobby Farrell died on the same day at the same place as Grigori Rasputin whom he inspired them to write a song about.
X0BaX TIL of gravitational time dilation, where gravity also can affect a subject's perception of time like near-lightspeed velocities can. The Earth's core is 2.5 years younger than its surface due to this effect.