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TIL that the national animal of Scotland is the unicorn

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Vj0G TIL that Russian scientists were able to revive an arctic flower, extinct for 32,000 years, from a seed that’s been borrowed by an ice age squirrel, buried in Siberian permafrost.
ADYd4 TIL of Arnold Schuster, a private citizen who appeared on television to discuss how he assisted the police in catching a bank robber, who was then gunned down by an unrelated mobster who saw him on TV and hated "squealers" (informants).
GYoAN TIL Shuttlecocks used in professional badminton are made of feathers from the left wing of a goose. Feathers from the right wing make them spin the wrong way.
WkYZX TIL that in 2013 the Falkland Islands held a referendum about remaining British or becoming Argentinian, only 3 persons voted in favor of Argentina.
m8dP TIL the man who wrote the Patriot Act is on the Board of Directors of News Corp