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TIL a giraffe heart spans 2 feet and weighs 25 pounds

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R71w8 TIL I learned of the Fermi paradox, which states that if there was intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, they should have visited us by now
9r8B TIL in 2005 Leonard Cohen sued his long-time manager for defrauding him of more than $US5 million, leaving him with just $150,000 from his 30-year career. The theft of almost all of his fortune forced Cohen to start touring again for the first time in 15 years at the age of 74.
Z5R4 TIL there was a British TV show called “Sex Box”, where couples went into a box on stage in front of a studio audience, and had sex. And then came out and talked about the sex they just had with a panel of sexperts, including Dan Savage.
6ygW TIL San Marino is the oldest suriving Republic, gaining independence from the Roman Empire in 301 AD.
B56r TIL Earth is being shadowed by a minor planet called 2010 TK7, a 300 meter diameter trojan asteroid that orbits the sun in a spiral pattern every 365.3 days, 60° ahead of Earth’s track through space. It has a gravitational force 1/20000 that of Earth and was only discovered in 2010.