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TIL Mountain Dew was originally invented as a mixer for whiskey
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TIL that because Koalas get so little energy from their diet of eucalyptus leaves, they limit their energy use and sleep 20 hours a day, with only 4 minutes a day being active. They spend most of their waking hours eating and sleeping from a single tree.
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TIL that the creator of the Nintendo Game Boy was originally hired by Nintendo as a maintenance man.
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TIL that AT&T was so regimented that there were over 9,000 Bell System Practices, including 3-page 770-130-301 "SWEEPING, GENERAL"
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TIL in the 19th century Abrahamic faiths made common the practice of reverential capitalization as a way to highlight words, such as Him and Light, when referring to the divine.
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TIL Tropical rainforests cover less than 3% of Earth's area, yet they are home to more than half our planet's terrestrial animal species. Bengal tigers, mountain gorillas, orangutans, jaguars, and blue poison dart frogs are just a few of the magnificent animals found in rainforests.