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TIL the Sun makes a full rotation every 27 days.

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BgpdW TIL the earliest Mancala boards date back to 5870 ± 240 BC and were found in the floor of a Neolithic dwelling in Ghazal, Jordan. The origin of Mancala is unknown, but it's one of the oldest games still played today.
OGBKL TIL that some fish can make their own booze (alcohol) when they are oxygen deprived...
xVERk TIL as of Aug. 14, 2012, scientists have discovered that the fighting on D-Day was so heavy that 4% of Normandy's sand was still shrapnel.
LQ6Nd TIL that male whales produce a complex song lasting 10 to 20 minutes, which they repeat for hours at a time. All the males in a group will produce the same song, which is different each season. Its purpose is not clear, though it may help induce estrus in females.
nWLrB TIL about Gladys Aylward. a Christian missionary who traveled to the Chinese to Proselytize by helping at a inn and attempting to stop the tradition of foot binding. when the Japanese attacked she would lead 100 of the oprhaned children in her care to saftey away from the invading japanese on foot.