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TIL NASA used IQ tests for determining which applicants will ultimately become astronauts

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8e76V TIL that there is a religious manuscript from the 14th Century called "The Decretals of Gregory IX" featuring a figure who looks like Yoda in an orange robe. It's most likely part of a creative depiction of the story of Samson, according to the curator of the British Library.
QNnrd TIL that they were giant mega-penguins. They were the size and the weight of a full-grown man.
oWV7 TIL that in preparation for the World Cup in Brazil there were over 250,000 citizens involuntarily removed from there homes for construction and other World Cup accommodation purposes.
4XQMw TIL that taxidermists use beetles to clean bones for skeletal displays.
nWeVG TIL that based on the Arctoidea family tree diagram, Red Pandas are more closely related to seals than bears