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TIL that natural history museums use teams of beetles to clean the flesh off specimens.

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PYEgE TIL there are no descendants left from the first Eskimos.. DNA is revealing that the 1st people in the Arctic did not leave any descendants in the New World.The 1st group in the Arctic lived in isolation for 4,000 years. It remains a mystery why they ultimately died off, they added.
Z8DPB TIL when asked about the possibility of an Elder Scrolls movie, Bethesda stated they'd only pursue it if Peter Jackson signed on to direct.
WGkd TIL that Benjamin Franklin had an illegitimate son who remained loyal to the British and fled to London after the war. He stayed there for the rest of his life.
R5DG9 TIL in 2008, Playboy ran a nationwide search for a "Girls of the Olive Garden" pictorial. The mag already featured shoots for “Girls of McDonalds," “Women of Wal-Mart” and “Women of Home Depot.”
EgeP7 TIL the first cables laid cross the Atlantic Ocean were insulated with hemp.