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TIL that a new microbe called a hemimastigote was found in Nova Scotia. The Hemimastix kukwesjijk is not a plant, animal, fungus, or protozoa — it constitutes an entirely new kingdom.

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R5Zj9 TIL that in 2008, the British band McFly were the first chart act to give away copies of their album for free with a national newspaper
dDEmd TIL that the Eastern Front alone is enough to make WWII one of the, if not the single deadliest war of all time. Of the approximately 80 million deaths caused by WWII, about 40 million were on the eastern front.
nQe7 TIL that an Australian publisher once had to reprint 7,000 copies of a recipe book because a typo asked for “freshly ground black people” instead of black pepper.
QJZJd Til of Gwangju Massacre in 1980 where hundred of civilians and students were killed by the dictatorship army.
b6O0p TIL - In 1967, the Australian Prime Minister disappeared while swimming and his body was never found…