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TIL sperm whales sleep vertically.

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Brwjk TIL The original Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers series helped to inspire George Lucas's Star War series to include an "opening crawl," a signature device used in the opening sequence of every numbered film. Star Wars used the famous opening crawl, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."
v1yW7 TIL that in the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey, a quota system limits students of any one country or linguistic region (e.g. English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries) to 10% of the school’s total population, which results in the 450 students coming from over 70 countries
6ElPW TIL a "lost" Rodin sculpture worth millions was in plain sight in a New Jersey local council chamber.
X0jRr TIL in 2020 Subway rolls were officially named as cake by the Irish government after they were found to have five times the sugar content of normal bread.
nyYr TIL certain states allow terminal patients access to experimental drugs not approved by the FDA to potentially save their life.