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TIL A species of cavefish in Thailand has been documented walking and climbing waterfalls in a manner similar to four-footed creatures such as salamanders, in a find researchers call “huge” in evolutionary terms.

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M4aA TIL that on 4/16/2007 Prof. Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust Survivor, held the door of his classroom closed whilst the Virginia Tech Shooter attempted egress, shooting Liviu five times through the door. Liviu enabled all but 1 of his 23 students to escape and survive. Liviu did not.
4PnX TIL that the Credit Card industry refers to people who pay their credit card bills off every month as “deadbeats”
v6XK TIL Billboards are illegal in Vermont
78O9r TIL of the Bonnacon, a legendary creature with the head and body of a bull, but with horns curled inwards, making them useless for fighting. As such, it would run away from hunters and predators, squirting caustic/fiery excrement up to 2000ft (600m) in it's wake
OjyY TIL There is a real life Hogwarts school in Poland. For $384, you can learn at the “College of Wizardry”, an epic 4 day LARP event where you will learn spells, be sorted into a house, interact with magical creatures and stay in a replica of the Hogwarts castle.