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STICKY You ever heard of Matar judíos? [720x2845 - 835KB]

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TIL Napoleon’s most memorable—and humiliating—defeat came at the hands, well, the paws of a fearsome band of bunny rabbits.

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TIL in Australia, the use of the word "mate" by security staff at Parliament House was banned for 24 hours.

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TIL The Unicorn Is the National Animal of Scotland

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TIL Beefalo, also referred to as cattalo or the Canadian hybrid, are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle (Bos taurus), usually a male in managed breeding programs, and the American bison (Bison bison), usually a female in managed breeding programs.

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TIL the stick may be the world’s oldest toy

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TIL James Cameron sold the rights to 'Terminator' back in the '80s for $1 — and it's one of his biggest regrets

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TIL a giraffe’s tongue is a whopping 18 to 20 inches long to access hard-to-reach leaves. It’s also blue-black in color, which may keep the tongue from getting sunburned.

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TIL that this # is an "octothorpe" (which can also be spelled "octothorp").

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TIL the small pocket on jeans is actually called a watch pocket because it was originally intended as a safe place for men to store their pocket watches.

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TIL peanuts are actually considered legumes. While real nuts grow on trees, peanuts grow in pods that mature underground; other types of legumes, such as lentils and peas, also grow beneath the surface. Additional nut frauds include cashews, walnuts, pistachios, and almonds.

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TIL McDonald's attempted to make their menu more nutritious by designing broccoli that tasted like bubble gum. Kids were confused by the taste. The bubble gum flavored broccoli was a failure.

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TIL that after a Pope dies, his body must be buried intact, his body parts cannot be donated.

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TIL alpine bumblebees have the ability to fly at elevations greater than Mt. Everest.

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TIL the CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups.

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TIL President Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena named Bill, a gift from Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia.

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TIL the 50-Star American Flag Began as a High School Project—and It Only Got a B

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TIL Scotland has more than 400 words and expressions for snow. Academics have officially logged 421 terms - including "snaw" (snow), "sneesl" (to begin to rain or snow) and "skelf" (a large snowflake).

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TIL Chris P. Bacon, a pig, was born with malformed hind legs. Not able to use these legs, he has had to compensate by lifting his behind off of the ground and balancing on his forelimbs.

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TIL you can download instructables as pdf without any verifciation of being a student.

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TIL: Aparently Aziz Ansari has a new NetFlix special on Wokeness, directed by Spike Jonze

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TIL there are 50 states and 25 letters and there’s only one letter that’s not in any U.S. state name.

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TIL koalas have human-like fingerprints

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TIL some people can you hear the difference between hot and cold.

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TIL Spam's basic ingredients are pork with ham meat added, salt, water, modified potato starch (as a binder), sugar, and sodium nitrite (as a preservative). Natural gelatin is formed during cooking in its tins on the production line.

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TIL in the early morning hours on the day of his death, John Belushi was visited separately by friends Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

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