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VBNxm TIL that the last Emperor of Bulgaria returned after the fall of Communism, ran a political party, and served as prime minister of the Bulgarian Republic from 2001-2005
e5wk TIL that while many woodland creatures harbor ticks and spread Lyme disease, opossums kill 96.5% of ticks that land on them and that a single opossum may be “hoovering up and killing” 4,000 ticks every week and thereby protecting us from Lyme disease
kOGX4 TIL that a saxophone was among the casualties of the Challenger disaster.
kOBM1 TIL there is a philosophical concept called the explanatory gap which is used to describe the inability to describe concepts. For instance, it is impossible to describe a color to a blind person and have them accurately understand and visualize that color.
oR7KA TIL in the UK and Australia "Where's Waldo?" is known as "Where's Wally?" and that's actually the character's original name!