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TIL a family of Turkish villagers naturally walk with a bear crawl and are the sole specimens of natural Quadrupedalism in humans

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rWde TIL there is a website with a life-size image of a blue whale that you can explore.
jNKXn TIL: The Museum of Modern Art Hung a Matisse upside down and no one noticed for 47 days
xkL0 TIL the leading cause of a death for a white capuchin monkey in the wild is being murdered by another white capuchin monkey.
DXVP TIL that dumping golf balls into the sea is outlawed because the plastic does not break down. A professor at the University of Maine used ground-up lobster shells and other materials to develop biodegradable golf balls. These balls are intended for use on cruise ships or driving ranges by the ocean.
oNrL TIL that Moscow is rumored to have a huge secret underground metro, called metro 2, that is bigger than the actual public Moscow metro and connects government buildings