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TIL The Golden Ass is the only Ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety

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WJoY TIL the scientific name for the American bison is bison bison…. and the scientific name for it’s subspecies (plains bison) is bison bison bison.
xV80B TIL of Bobby Driscoll, famous Disney child actor in the 1940s and 50s (including the voice of Peter Pan), who died penniless and alone at age 31 in an abandoned NYC building. When his body went unclaimed, he was buried in an unmarked grave.
vnWr TIL Icelandic people are a mix of both Norse and Irish people. Between 20 and 25 per cent of Icelandic founding males had Irish ancestry, while a majority of the original female population were Irish females
j6VZQ TIL that before the Gregorian calendar went into effect in 1582, leap years were created differently. Instead of adding an extra, separate day to the end of the month (February 29th), they doubled February 24th during leap years, resulting in two consecutive days with the same date.
69EDJ TIL that the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that aa defendant's request "give me a lawyer, dog" was too ambiguous to be considered a Miranda request for a lawyer