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TIL A deep sea octopus brooded her eggs for 4.5 years

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VMpQ4 TIL of Luz Long - German competitor against Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics. Owens was later quoted saying " You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the twenty-four karat friendship that I felt for Luz Long". Owens was the best man at his son's wedding.
465R TIL that it’s easier to have an orgasm while wearing socks.
xVED0 TIL Roman Emperor Valentinian I died from bursting a blood vessel in his skull while angrily yelling at envoys from a Germanic tribe known as the Quadi, for their diplomatic insults.
e0je5 TIL David Gray's album, White Ladder, reached #1 in Ireland in January 2000, but it didn't reach #1 in the UK, where he's from, until August 2001.
QxYk TIL New York City plans to turn all of it’s old phone booths into wifi hot spots.