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TIL Humans and T-Rex are closer in history, than T-Rex and Stegosaurus

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rRoee TIL: British pub names are derived from the picture chosen for the pub. Back in the old days most of their customers were illiterate and could only recognise a pub by its picture.
x6Jx5 TIL Jupiter has 95 recognized moons. The largest, Ganymede, is larger than Mercury.
Pbag TIL Apple, Google, Microsoft, and several other large corporations have agreed to not hire each others employees in order to stop employees wage bargaining potential, Facebook refused to take part.
6MeY TIL that American English likely has more in common with Shakespearean English than modern British English does.
mbMP TIL the tiny garish Crucifix Toad secretes a glue to catch insect prey that has been found to be the strongest non-toxic adhesive known, works irrespective of temperature or moisture while remaining flexible and porous, and has exciting new applications in medicine, as it is ‘highly biocompatible’.