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TIL a herpetologist is one who studies amphibians and reptiles, and there once lived a man-eating crocodile named "Gustave"

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LBKr TIL that in ancient Rome the punishment for parricide, killing one’s own parent(s), was to be whipped repeatedly and then sewn up in a leather sack along with a serpent, a dog, a rooster and a monkey. The sack was then thrown into a river.
nJnb TIL when the Comanche shaman White Eagle’s magic failed to protect his warriors in battle, they renamed him Coyote Vagina
1a9xP TIL the music used in the anti privacy ad "you wouldn't steal a car" was pirated for the ad
dD7ZK TIL that cartoonist Charles Schulz wanted to call his comic strip "Li'l Folks", but had to use the title "Peanuts" instead for trademark reasons. He always hated the name, which he described as "miserable", and he complained that "it has no dignity and it's not descriptive".
OOo1 TIL in late 2008 many critics thought Android would fail miserably whereas, as of Feb 2015, Android holds about 85% of the total smartphone OS market share