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TIL Hans Zimmer composed the Skylanders theme

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R5k7a TIL that the Quokka, when faced with a predator, will drop it's baby from it's pouch to provide a distraction for it to escape.
xDo TIL The Romans DESTROYED a mountain…for gold.
j7lQ TIL of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered radio pulsars. Her thesis supervisor took credit and was awarded a Nobel Prize.
V6QQ TIL that Pyrrhus of Epirus, an ancient Greek General, died while fighting an enemy soldier in the streets of Sparta. The soldier’s mother, who was watching their battle from a rooftop, threw a tile that hit Pyrrhus in the head and paralyzed him, sealing his fate.
XGe8 TIL ravens are capable of counting, mimicking speech, recognizing faces and voices, reading the face of a clock, and using tools to gather food.