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TIL 1 out of every 4 animals is a beetle.

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XEV16 TIL dice have been used for a really really long time. Many have been found from the Indus Civilization (2500-1700 bce).
N7ab8 TIL that velociraptors were only a few feet tall, had feathers and was more like a big predatory chicken. They are extremely oversized in Jurassic Park
x64Xb TIL that Moana is called Vaiana in France due to a perfume brand with the same name. I also learned that she's called Oceania in Italy because of an adult actress called Moana
Vx54 TIL, when Carl Linnaeus was in Hamburg, the mayor proudly showed him the remains of a seven-headed hydra. Linnaeus found out the remains were fake and made it public. As a result Linnaeus was forced to leave Hamburg immediately, as he crushed the mayor´s dream of selling the hydra for a large sum.
neAAY TIL that when Lafayette visited America in 1824, he and Thomas Jefferson collapsed in each other's arms and cried upon their reunion. They had not seen each other since 1789. Jefferson had to have somebody else read the speech he prepared because he was so emotional that his voice was too weak.