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TIL Charles Darwin ate many exotic animals he discovered including the Galapagos turtle

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lgAK TIL a French man fell in love with someone he thought was a female Chinese opera singer, and had a decades-long affair that resulted in a child… only to discover that the whole time the singer had actually been (a) male and (b) a spy.
Zp45Q TIL in several countries, such as Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, it is considered natural for humans to try and escape jail, so escapees who do not break any other laws are not charged and no extra time is added to their sentence.
o6Yr TIL Gargoyles are designed to spout water; though often called gargoyles, other statues on gothic buildings are properly called chimeras or grotesques.
R78Z6 TIL of the Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice, a London monument commemorating ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten.
kJbBm TIL About Maple Syrup Urine Disease - An inherited metabolic disorder where the body can't properly break down certain amino acids making urine and ear wax smell like maple syrup.