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TIL about the "Scaptia beyonceae", an Australian horsefly named after Beyoncé

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ANQyd TIL that in 1978 a massive fire hit Rio’s Museum of Modern Art (MAM), destroying works by Salvador Dalí, Picasso, Portinari, Matisse, Magritte, Miró and many others
EgJJp TIL that animals and plants can be "cosmopolitan", meaning they are found all over the world. For example, rails are a cosmopolitan family of bird.
RPn1 TIL there is a “never-ending” wave in Brazil called a pororoca, attracting surf competitions from all over the world; the longest record for surfing a single wave is 37 minutes, and was for a distance of 12.5 km
xlbb TIL that in 1931 people in Cameroon collected money to send to the “starving Americans”. All together they collected $3.77.
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