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TIL humans have descended from a single reptilian ancestor approximately 320 million years ago

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b64dZ TIL dogs can take catnip to calm them down.
NaOQ TIL that there was a popular myth in many middle eastern countries that Neil Armstrong had converted to Islam upon hearing the call to prayer on the moon, going as far to require the state department to issue a denial
1aeNX TIL The Bohemian Grove is a private campground in California where the rich and powerful go to party. In 2000 a camera was sneaked into the campground and shot the infamous video which showed the members acting out a 'Ritual' known as the Cremation of Care in front of a 30 foot owl.
69DZX TIL WILDCAT BANKING; that in India’s Thar Desert, nomadic camel caravans once worked like mobile banks, carrying people’s savings safely across hundreds of miles, centuries before digital banking.
W4pd TIL that the Concorde used more fuel taxiing to the end of the runway than a Boeing 737 needs to fly all the way from London to Amsterdam