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TIL that Swallowtail Butterflies have eyes on their genitals
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TIL 6 masterpieces for solo piano were discovered to great excitement, and confirmed by the leading experts to be genuine works by Haydn. They were later proved not to be by him, and are now largely ignored; despite them being genuinely original music which had the aficionados enthralled.
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TIL of Hægri dagurinn ("The right day"), the day that Iceland changed from left-hand traffic to right-hand traffic. The change occurred formally on May 26, 1968, at 6:00 am - The only injury from the changeover was a boy on a bicycle who broke his leg.
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TIL a tuition-free coding school in Silicon Valley is rated #1 in the world and accepts 10,000 students every year for free
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TIL George Orwell coined the term Cold War in his essay "You and the Atomic Bomb" that was published October 19, 1945.
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TIL: In the 30’s workers in Costa Rica unearthed almost perfectly round stone spheres. No one is sure exactly when or how they were made, or by whom, or for what reason. The largest is 16 tons.