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TIL the plural of “sphinx” is “sphinges”

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vDwB TIL Scarlett Johansson auditioned for the lead role in “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” but was considered too “sexy.” The role went to Rooney Mara instead.
Lkg6m TIL North Korea is sitting on $6 trillion in mineral resources.
a8eeJ Today I learned that a magnitude 8.5 earthquake took place in Shandong, China in 1668, taking an estimated 43k-50k lives.
OGnwe TIL That in 1840s Australia, there was a rumor about a European women held against her will by the Kurnai people. For two years, the native people of the area were hunted, with a boy being captured. After arranging a meeting, the natives arrived with a statue; the figurehead from the ship, Britannia
O5k1 TIL that almonds aren’t nuts, they are the pits of a fruit closely related to peaches