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TIL that a single ostrich egg has around 2,000 calories and over 200g of protein

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7gO TIL that the Ancient Olympic Games were held for over 1000 years from 776 BC until 394 AD, when the last emperor of the Roman Empire suppressed the Games as part of his effort to end all “pagan cults and practices” and impose Christianity as a state religion.
MenLB TIL that if February, Germany charged a 95 year old woman with 10,000 counts of aiding and abetting murder because she was a stenographer for a SS officer at a concentration camp when she was 17. She lives in a nursing home, but if the case goes to trial, she will be tried in juvenile court.
KO7Ja TIL Chris Kattan broke his neck in 2001 while doing a sketch on Saturday Night Live
9w6wm TIL that core samples provided evidence that the tug of Jupiter and Venus has caused shifts in Earth’s orbit every 405,000 years for at least 415 Million years.
VjwB TIL Hawaii has only one native land mammal and it’s a bat. The rest are invasive.