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TIL that Wonder Woman’s creator was no comics artist – he was a Harvard psychologist inspired by a superwoman in his own life

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4kNga TIL a 19th century self-help movement called “Ralstonism” (named after author Everett Ralston) convinced the Purina Mills folks to rename their company Ralston-Purina. The name “Everett Ralston” was a pseudonym and the man never existed.
68Q7 TIL That after the extinction of the dinosaurs there was a species of turtle that was so large it could eat a crocodile.
P178n TIL: The Sedlec Ossuary contains the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings such as a bone chandelier. Some arrangements were by a half blind monk in 1511. It is now a tourist attraction and featured in movies.
1axDW TIL: A Sloth Can Hold Its Breath for 40 Minutes Underwater,Longer than a Dolphin
x6Y1 TIL there has only been one known albino gorilla. His name was Snowflake.