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TIL that due to the high intelligence of the octopus, the U.K. Has considered it an honorary vertebrate for the sake of animal cruelty laws.

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0KPM TIL Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
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wo5kY TIL Since the 50 State quarter program was started in 1997 the US Federal Government has made $3 billion from people taking the quarters out of circulation to collect.
rNy9M TIL On 9/11 Astronaut Frank Culbertson was staying on the International Space Station and the only American off the planet. As soon as he learned of the attacks, he flew over New York City to document the event in photos and posted a public letter capturing his feelings of what happened
woKk7 TIL about the book, "The Dinosaur" by Augusto Monterroso. This book is only one page long and consists of a single sentence in Spanish, which translates to: "When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there."