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TIL the world’s largest beaver dam is in Alberta Canada. At 3,000 feet wide, it’s twice the width of the Hoover Dam. It’s so large it can be seen from space.

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R7rv8 TIL that some physical expressions are hardwired into our genes. A study have observed that blind athletes (and blind kids) use the victory gesture (raising hands) after wining even though they have never seen anyone else do it.
PYO5Z TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was originally designated as the RS-71, but when president Lyndon B. Johnson mistakenly called it the SR-71 in a public briefing the name was changed, as the president was not normally corrected.
rop4 TIL the King of Thailand’s first name is Vajiralongkorn Barommachakkrayadisonsantatiwongse Deveshrathamrongsubariban Abhikhunuprakarnmahittaladuladej Bhumibholnaresvarangkura Kittisirisomburana Savangavadhana Barommakhattiyarajakumara
lXO1 TIL that in the 1940’s, 300 men, a measuring tape, a line on the floor and a movie camera were used to discover that the distance record for semen ejaculation is just shy of 8 feet (15:15).
ODQR TIL a Man Ran 350 miles in 80 hours with no sleep, Ran a marathon in the South Pole in -13 degree weather and ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days.