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TIL that, since Romans used daylight and darkness to determine time, an hour was 45 minutes in the winter and 75 in the summer

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4kNZX TIL of one of the worst maritime disasters in US history,the explosion and sinking of the steamboat Sultana. Designed to carry 376, 2500 civil war veterans crowded the decks, desperate to get home. It was completely overshadowed by the death of Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, a day earlier.
xVow5 TIL the word “fuck” used in all 9 parts of speech; noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection, and article
KOvlG TIL the big-headed turtle of SE Asia has a skull of solid bone that is so large in proportion to its body that it cannot be withdrawn into its shell for protection. It has legs covered with large scales and a tail that is very long and muscular, the longest tail relative to body size of any turtle.
eaxg TIL that the little membrane at the inner corner of the eye is a vestigial remnant of a nictitating membrane, aka transparent eyelid, present in fishes, birds and reptiles today.
dVJj TIL the 125 ton restaurant at the top of the Space Needle rotates using a 1.5 hp electric motor.