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TIL most of the hats in the American Old West were bowlers instead of Stetsons.

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9gN7 TIL that David Bowie released the album Space Oddity nine days before the Apollo moon-landing. It became the unofficial theme of that historic event.
v1bm8 TIL that Shirley Temple’s youngest daughter, Lori Black aka Lorax, played bass for the American metal band Melvins and that she and band leader Buzz Osbourne were major influences on a young Kurt Cobain.
NXmDN TIL owls don't have eye balls, they have "eye tubes"
GYOvN TIL the Brookesia nana, a tiny chameleon found in Madagascar, was first described in 2021. Adult males and females measure 22 mm and 29 mm in total length, respectively. Unlike most other chameleons, they do not change colors or live in trees, but prefer to live on the forest floor.
NXkYN TIL Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, founded the Green Belt Movement, which planted tens of millions of trees in Kenya. She faced imprisonment and violent opposition for her environmental and pro-democracy activism