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TIL: Crocodiles Can Gallop

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VPXG TIL the text “This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental" that’s at the end of films came about because the Russian prince who killed Rasputin sued MGM for not accurately depicting Rasputin’s murder in their 1932 film Rasputin and the Empress.
kJJpW TIL Kukur Tihar is an annual festival in Nepal celebrating Dogs.
6EkZZ TIL the earliest known site of human habitation in North America (at 19,000 years old) is a short drive from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was discovered in 1955 because of a groundhog hole.
VBo4m TIL How the U.S. ‘Exports Inflation’ Through a Strong Dollar – making things cheaper for itself while raising prices for rest of the world
epKv6 TIL that the deepest scuba dive of all time was 1,090 feet, set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014. It took him nearly a decade to properly prepare for the dive. While the descent took only 15 minutes, the ascent back to the surface took over 13 hours.