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TIL that to date no woman has run a 4 minute mile

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QJja9 TIL "A rabbit differs from other mammals in that the female ovulates after being mounted by a male. This is called induced ovulation. This is the only time she produces an egg."
XEmYj TIL when 18-year-old Lady Gaga was studying at NYU, her classmates made a Facebook group called "Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous" where they bullied her and called her an "attention-whore". She dropped out after a year to pursue her music career full time.
AWJo TIL Hercules once tricked Atlas into holding the sky using the old “hold this while I tie my shoes” routine
x68Mk TIL that bees remember a flower scent better when they have caffeine in their nectar, which benefits coffee and citrus plants which naturally have caffeine in their nectar
WvXB TIL the original order of assassins killed their targets in broad daylight in crowded areas, with a rule to not kill any civilians. A contemporary Jewish historian wrote of them: “they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings.”