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TIL shooting stars (meteors) can often times be as small as a grain of sand

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EbOx TIL that George R.R. Martin had his GOT dragons have only two legs and a pair of wings instead of the traditional four legs and wings because he found it “more scientifically accurate”.
4kLyw TIL that ladybugs are named after the Virgin Mary. According to legend, Mary sent ladybugs to European farmers in the Middle Ages to protect their crops.
Eg6Po TIL Tiger Woods has a total of 20 hole in ones in his career but he went a full 2 decades between numbers 19 and 20 (1998-2018).
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XmMP TIL that Japanese macaque wash their food in saltwater before they eat in order to both clean it and enhance the taste. They also make snowballs for fun.