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TIL that Elephant Shrews are closer related to elephants than to shrews

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AaA4 TIL that Michel Ray, the Young Actor who Played Lawrence’s Servant Farraj in Lawrence of Arabia, Quit Acting, Went to Harvard, Then into Finance, Became an Olympic Skier and Luger, Married the Heineken Heiress And Is Now A Billionaire.
mxaWR TIL that beloved children's book author E.B. White was also co-author of a notable American English writing style guide.
PYM6L TIL that the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle System was originally planned to be named Constitution, but a massive write-in campaign from fans of Star Trek convinced the White House to change the name to Enterprise
AD6Xn TIL One habit of intelligent humans is being easily annoyed by people around them, but saying nothing in order to avoid a meaningless argument.
vPB6L TIL there is no scientific evidence that white people originated in the Caucasus, as the term “Caucasian” suggests. Rather, the term was created because Noah’s Ark allegedly settled there, and therefore the first humans were supposedly white.