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TIL Shakespeare used the word honorificabilitudinitatibus in one of his plays

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epgJE TIL about Randy Gardner, who set the world record by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes in 1964 as part of a high school science experiment, experiencing severe cognitive and physical effects but fully recovering afterward.
e7v6 TIL Katie Green, a spokesmodel for Wonderbra, appeared in FHM, and was voted number 3 on the ‘Best Bodies’ list. She was asked to lose 28lbs, making her ill and decided to quite modeling. She started a campaign 'Say No To Size Zero’, to ban all size zero models with an unhealthy BMI from catwalks.
wPa8 TIL A goat in Utah was implanted with spider genes as an embryo to produce spider silk proteins in her milk which is used to make “bio-steel”, a material which is stronger than Kevlar.
nENW TIL The nation of Canada is undefeated in the world of professional sumo wrestling. There has been precisely one, John Tenta, who retired having never lost a bout.
oROOE TIL about the revolt of Boudicca, a British queen which, inspired by Arminius' victory at Teutoburg forest, attempted to led up to 300.000 troops against 10.000 Roman legionaries, the Britons were all slaughtered by the Romans which took precautionary measures to avoid an ambush like Teutoburg.