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TIL that Scotland's national animal is the unicorn

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J1dyl TIL mosquitoes are picky, preferring some humans over others based on things like the amount of CO2 they exhale, body odor, body heat, and even the color of clothes. Apparently, they're also fans of beer drinkers and pregnant women. They might even remember you if you have proved as tasty before.
MJ78 TIL a chimpanzee named Santino was known to collect rocks and pieces of concrete in the hour before his exhibit opened. Come showtime, he would hurl the dessert plate-sized rocks at zoo patrons.
GYZ57 TIL About a 15,600-year old human footprint discovered in southern Chile that is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas
wL0nJ TIL during the American Revolutionary War the British offered freedom to any slave who fought for them under the badge 'Liberty to Slaves'. Despite the British defeat the promise was kept.
grdNL TIL “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper is a cover song, and the OG was sung by a man named Robert Hazard