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TIL: The Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola) is also known as a 'Moon Fish' in other launguages.

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O144 TIL - A family has been carving a 64 story Crazy Horse memorial out of a South Dakota mountain for 70 years
7rbwL TIL upon sending his son, who worried about his ability to hold his own amid experienced and eminent statesmen and diplomats, to the negotiation that would lead to the Peace of Westphalia, a Swedish statesman famously told him:"Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?"
KRZJ TIL approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account
ZpoMB TIL Before the invention of the mechanical clock, for many, the length of an hour varied by latitude and season. The day was always 12 hours long, so in the summer hours grew "longer" and in the winter they grew "short."
1aBad TIL that the American version of the music video for Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" features 36 images of missing children. The music video helped resolve 26 of those cases.