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TIL a pencil can draw a line that’s roughly 35 miles long.

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x6Mr7 TIL that between 11am and 12pm on March 3, 1876, chunks of red meat feel from the sky for several minutes in a 90m x 45m area in Bath County, Kentucky. The cause of the Kentucky Meat Shower remains unknown.
aw8wN TIL "Jizz" is a common term used in bird watching that describes a bird's overall appearance based on shape, posture, flying style, and other habitual movements.
VDrZ TIL shyness is an evolutionary adaptation; whereas the braver animals may find more mates and eat more food, the shyer individuals, hiding on the sidelines, might avoid attack.
Q4QL TIL of an Auschwitz survivor who avoided doctors for 65 years after he was tested on by Auschwitz “doctor” Josef Mengele who, among other things, removed his kidney without anesthesia.
4XnZa TIL Sweden had colonies in New Jersey and Delaware, and one of the legacies of this colony is the introduction of the log cabin to American architectural tradition.