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TIL The longest recorded human pregnancy lasted over 12 months; and resulted in the live birth of a healthy child.

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EgBZV TIL about "International Reply Coupons", which allow a recipient to claim the postage of an unregistered priority airmail letter as long as the country is a UPU country. Like SDRs but for stamps!
p85xp TIL There is a crowd-sourcing project in collaboration between historians, social scientists and the African American Civil War Museum with goals to improve our knowledge of the African Americans who fought for freedom in the American Civil War. And you can help by transcribing images!
R0Z7 TIL that the United States is one of only three countries (along with Somalia and South Sudan) that have not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Lk6gQ TIL Some multilingual dyslexics are only dyslexic in one of their languages, and not the other(s).
5YPyk TIL The iconic whip featured in modern Zorro films (1998, 2005) originated from The Gay Blade (1981) in which Zorro is replaced by his flamboyantly gay brother who goes by the name Bunny Wigglesworth who swapped out the previously iconic sword for a whip.