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TIL that the entire alphebet and numbers 0-9 can be found on the wings of different types of butterflies

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kJ475 TIL the term "semi" as in semi-trailer bears the name from the trailers ability to support itself. A trailer can fully support itself whereas a semi-trailer has no front axle, requiring support from the tractor portion to remain stable.
ny9P TIL that when the African Grey parrot N'kisi first met Jane Goodall, he recognized her from a photograph and asked “Got a chimp?” It is claimed that this was a possible display of a sense of humor.
looY5 TIL that during his 2004 tour, David Bowie was stalked by someone in a pink rabbit suit; Bowie shrugged it off: "I thought, 'Hey, it's rock'n'roll. It's just a 5ft 3in bunny.'"
WkgRd TIL Pixar's Cars (2006) was simultaneously Pixar's final movie to be released on VHS and their first movie to be released on Blu-ray.
k6AB TIL that Pinball was removed from Windows Vista, because the original code was written by an outside company and Microsoft couldn’t find the collision detector in the code!