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TIL there is a species of deer with fangs.

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OolA7 TIL of "A Village Fair with a Church Behind": a 1643 painting by Isack van Ostade owned by Queen Elizabeth II. When conservators cleaned the painting, they discovered that a bush in the foreground had been painted over the original around 1903; they removed the bush which revealed a pooping man.
MQ07 TIL that 74% of men and 64% of women in the U.S. are obese or overweight, according to the National Institutes of Health
PYRAG TIL that a tornado actually starts off in a horizontal position as a rotating mass of air called a wind shear. This is then 'pulled' upright to a vertical position by warm updrafts of air in a thunderstorm. When these spinning columns make contact with the ground a tornado is formed.
kML7 TIL the Seinfeld theme song was actually done on a synth, not a bass guitar.
MeYda TIL Leonardo Da Vinci is credited as being first to correctly explain Earthshine