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TIL of Irelands only native reptile, the Common Lizard (Lacerta Vivipara)

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BgmGd TIL of the Iron Ring Ceremony, where Canadian engineers are given a ring worn on the pinkie finger to remind them of their professional responsibility for safety. It began after two bridges collapsed in 1907 and 1916.
ao4N TIL of Udre Udre, a Fijian Islander who was the most prolific cannibal in the world with over 872 victims in his lifetime.
xVwm1 TIL that Peter Pan has been owned by Great Ormond Street hospital since 1927 - the rights were gifted by the author
wLDwY TIL of Fermi's Paradox that proposes theory’s for why we haven’t heard from or seen any aliens. One of which being that they aren’t communicating because of an impending threat they know about, that we are not aware of.
WkGRN TIL that in the 1930s American travel writer Richard Halliburton discovered a remote mountain community in the Caucases that had descended from a lost band of German knights from the crusades.