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TIL a word - Groak - which means to stare at someone intently and expectantly, hoping that they give you some of their food.

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nWWl9 TIL that a Nigerian-born man named August Brown took part in the Warsaw uprising in 1944, WW2
awjxJ TIL that the world's largest cemetery is Wadi-us-Salaam ("Valley of Peace") in Najaf, Iraq - it contains tens of millions of bodies over an area of 6 km², and approximately 500,000 new bodies from around the globe are buried there annually
6LMJ TIL of the Yamato 1, the first working prototype boat to use a Magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD). Built by Mitsibishi, the ship’s drive electrifies sea water and utilizes magnetic fields to propel itself. The MHD uses no moving parts.
DVnV TIL We perceive our first few years to be much longer in duration than the years that come later. If you measure your life this way, in “perceived” time rather than actual time, half of your “perceived life” is over by age 7.
xb87 TIL that there is an Egyptian sculpture which bears a striking resemblance to Michael Jackson at the Field Museum in Chicago (pic)