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TIL the first monkey sent into space was named HAM

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b9xKN TIL that sometime in the distant future (2 billion years) we’ll be able to view the Andromeda galaxy in our night sky as it gets closer and eventually merges with the Milky Way.
XE9MQ TIL Belize is a Commonwealth state like Canada!
d8b4K TIL lizards in areas hit by hurricanes have evolved grippier, bigger toe pads in order to hang on against high winds, even within one generation. Researchers studied 188 anole lizard species in 70 years of hurricane data. In areas spared by hurricanes, lizard toe pads were smaller.
yORM TIL there is a 17-year-old girl with a condition that causes rapid breast growth until she stops growing at age 21.
OokR1 TIL that Voltaire's play "La Dépositaire" is based on a true story of Ninon de L'Enclos safeguarding a fortune during the French revolution. From Chapter VII of Life Letters and Epicurian Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos 1903. L'Enclos left 1000 francs for the education of Voltaire in her will!