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TIL The longest recorded time without sleep is 264 hours (11+ days). It is not clear how long humans can survive without sleep. After 3-4 nights you can start to hallucinate.

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j6jE TIL that the U.S. Navy lent the Village People a ship for a music video, hoping they would use it as a recruitment tool.
R7rP9 TIL Somali Pirates at one point had an investment firm. That’s right; you could invest in the Somali Pirates, and receive a cut of their loot if their plunder was successful.
vlm4 TIL Greenland has a university, with 14 staff and 150 students. It is so small because the Government pays for students to have a free university education anywhere in Europe or North America.
X0PkQ TIL John Quincy Adams escaped unscathed from the first fatal train accident in recorded US history. Two died & 21 were injured, including Cornelius Vanderbilt, who broke a leg.
LE0 TIL you can be fined up to $2500 per Kinder Chocolate Egg if you try to bring them from Canada to US