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TIL pineapple scales form diagonal rows corresponding with numbers in the Fibonacci sequence

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MeYem TIL Aston Martin’s personalisation division is named "Q" after the "Q Branch" in the Bond franchise which provides equipment to field operatives of the British Secret Service.
nv6B TIL that Kurt Godel (considered to be one of the most significant logicians in human history) discovered an inconsistency in the U.S. Constitution, one that would allow the U.S. to become a dictatorship
9ypQ TIL: During WW2 Mariya Oktyabrskaya sold all her stuff so she could personally buy a tank and kill Nazis. And she did.
9YE5B TIL about Motte and Bailey Fallacy, where the arguer advances the controversial position, but when challenged, they insist that they are only advancing the more modest position.
dDAmB TIL there are wild wallabies in the UK