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TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins

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5YMDQ TIL An instrumental version of the song "Sukiyaki", a story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears will not fall, was played by NASA over the radio for the Gemini VII astronauts as mood music, thereby becoming one of the first pieces of music sent to humans in space
05AN TIL that Burlington, Vermont is the first city in the USA to run on 100% clean energy
M7vW TIL that, calorie for calorie, raw spinach has almost as much protein as sirloin steak
GAv0G TIL that in ancient Rome plebeians would leave the cities during the "secession of the plebeians." This left the elites to fend for themselves.
Ykgv TIL: “Kiwi” is actually a branded name for the fruit when it was first introduced to the US. It’s actual name is “Chinese Gooseberry”