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TIL the Sun makes a full rotation every 27 days.

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1agO4 TIL of Alison Botha, a South African woman who survived 46 stabs to her throat and abdomen by using one hand to hold up her partially severed head and the other to carry her disemboweled intestines in a t-shirt until she reached help.
OWD6 TIL that jetlag from traveling west is associated with depression, while jetlag from traveling east is associated with mania
0WOv TIL Brett Favre has more victories as a starting NFL quarterback (186) than the Jacksonville Jaguars have as a franchise (140)
ep0y4 TIL sea otters were extinct in Washington State between 1910 and 1965. The current population originally came from Alaska and they were evacuated from areas where the US was testing nuclear bombs between 1965 and 1972
5Y1OP TIL there was a plan to build a 3,000 slot machine casino almost 3 miles from the Gettysburg Battlefield, which would create 3,000 jobs and a year-round tourism industry. It was rejected twice (2006 and 2011) under opposition from Civil War enthusiasts including Ken Burns and composer John Williams.