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TIL humans are driving mammals to shift their activity from day to night making many of them nocturnal.

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NXp9N TIL that if you laid out an adult's circulatory system, the blood vessels would total over 60,000 miles. That equals more than twice around the world.
neKy9 TIL the fate of the Tiananmen Square Tank Man is unknown.
xVMYk TIL During the NYC blackout of 1977, the crew filming “Superman” outside the old Daily News building on 42nd Street lent their klieg lights to the editors so they could see the newspaper pages they were laying out.
R9E1 TIL that after a tornado in 1998, 1000+ trees were toppled at The Hermitage, a plantation built by President Andrew Jackson. Using wood from the fallen trees, the Gibson Guitar Corporation produced 200 limited edition “Old Hickory” guitars.
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