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TIL at school, Richard Branson’s headmaster said he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire

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WkPBA TIL: Hummingbirds continue to learn new songs and can adapt older songs throughout their lifetimes.
1POP TIL that extinction was only accepted as a fact in late 18th century after Georges Cuvier, the father of paleontology, disproved the old theory that it was impossible for species to go extinct because God wouldn’t wipe out a species he spent time creating for his Divine Plan.
PLKV TIL that you are required to vote in Australia; if you don’t, you’ll face a fine
OG54e TIL residents of Switzerland and Liechtenstein who are non-EU residents can purchase many items in nearby Germany from anything from two to seven times the price they would pay for the same products in their own countries and qualify for tax refund, making it more attractive.
KO9JE Today I Learned: Gargoyles are fancy rain gutters. In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.