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TIL Stanford has the strongest sports program out of any university in the US in terms of number of NCAA championships won

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bAEQ TIL Charles Byrne (aka “The Irish Giant”) in 1783 feared grave robbers would steal & dissect his body after his death, he requested that his coffin be weighed down & buried at the bottom of the sea. Before burial, his corpse was stolen, dissected, & his skeleton still on display to this day.
gMxEy TIL: the actual colour of the sun is white
D16gg TIL Cuttlefish shells, also known as Cuttlebones, have unique mechanical properties that have inspired new technologies like bone graft substitutes, superconductor scaffolding, and new biomimetic material designs. Cuttlebones are mostly used as calcium supplement toys for birds.
Wnyd TIL: Keanu Reeves voiced the cat in ‘Keanu’ the Key and Peele movie
6w6Z TIL a ‘Glove Compartment’ or 'Glove Box’ originally was created to hold driving gloves which were considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from numbing drivers’ hands.