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TIL a camel can drink 53 gallons of water in 3 minutes.

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vMwK TIL that Steve Tilston, an English folk singer, was sent a letter from John Lennon in 1971 in which John wrote, “Being rich doesn’t change your experience in the way you think.” Steve Tilston didn’t receive this letter until 2005, 32 years later.
P177e TIL about 25% of all animal species are beetles.
kJJle TIL Goodfellas actor Joe Pesci also has a musical career, with his first album being released in 1968 and his latest in 2019.
oBWyK TIL Mae Jenson, the first black woman astronaut, was inspired to become an astronaut as a child by the black female character Lieutenant Uhura from Star Trek. Nearly 30 years later she became the first real astronaut to appear on Star Trek, in an episode of Star Trek: TNG
KOmyQ TIL half of all sexually active people will contract an STI by age 25.