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

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kJnxg TIL that they have children's cartoons for Islam and they just blur any prophets, angels, etc.
ne98P TIL black people are less likely to know how to swim due, in part, to historic bans on black people swimming in public pools. In 1964, a motel manager poured acid in the pool to scare away black swimmers who were staging a "swim in."
6EDWJ TIL the last Duke of Berry (assassinated in 1820) was survived by his pregnant wife and three pregnant mistresses
7rlMb TIL - the "Existential Slap" is the experience a dying person has when they know, at a 'gut level' death is close.
v17Dx TIL - The artist with the record for most musical appearances on SNL is David Grohl with 14