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TIL in 1956 there was a military Vespa made for paratroopers

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xDmw TIL that the green iguana has a ‘third-eye’ called a parietial eye, in the middle of its forehead. This does not function in the same way as its two side eyes, but enables it to detect movement, especially from above, to help it avoid predators.
D1OXg TIL that indigenous people make up almost 5% of the population of Canada
wokv8 TIL that in the United States, crayfish are often referred to as crawfish, crawdads, fiddlers, crawdaddies, or mudbugs. As of 2018, 93% of crawfish farms in the US were located in Louisiana. In 1987, Louisiana produced 90% of the crayfish harvested in the world, 70% of which were consumed locally.
0g1R TIL that the recipe for Tootsie Rolls calls for the previous day’s batch to be mixed in, so as to (theoretically) include some of the very first Tootsie Roll in every candy made
PvRe TIL that James Smith, husband of Moira, an NYPD officer who died saving people in the towers on 9/11 and was awarded “Woman Of The Year” by Glamour, returned the award after seeing it be given to Caitlyn Jenner, stating “Is this the best you could do?”