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TIL that beetles were the first pollinators

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AYjd TIL that Cheetahs were once classified as canines and it’s because their feet are more like dogs’ feet than cats’.
oRmAW Til about "ulnar dimelia," also known as "mirror hand syndrome" those affected by it have 7-8 fingers on one hand (or both) with no thumbs.
krQB TIL that in Dublin, Irish Car Bomb cocktail is known as a “Nine-Eleven” as Americans often order it without thinking of the offense it can cause.
Oo1GR TIL Democritus (460-370 BCE), the ancient Greek philosopher, asked the question “What is matter made of?” and hypothesized that tangible matter is composed of tiny units that can be assembled and disassembled by various combinations. He called these units "atoms".
kO5eg TIL that names like escalator, heroin, flip phone, and videotape where all once trademarked before they were genericized which is when a trademark becomes so important and synonymous with a type of product that it becomes a generic term