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TIL the famous windows XP desktop background “bliss” was only possible due to an infestation that killed all of the grapes that would have been in that field

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gr949 TIL women who have their first full-term pregnancy at an early age have a decreased risk of developing breast cancer later in life
9YODD TIL that cats have a precise method of walking called "direct registering." Their hind paws fall inside the place of their forepaws, minimizing noise and visible tracks, while ensuring more stable footing
ANAyg TIL Elton John has frequently said that without songwriter Bernie Taupin there would be no Elton John. The have been collaborating on music for 56 years, since Elton was 20 and Bernie was 17. A few songs of Taupin’s: Crocodile Rock, Candle in the Wind and Rocket Man.
MeaRm TIL our closest non-primate relative is the flying lemur. They are one of the inaccurately named animals as they cannot fly and are not lemurs but colugos
XEv8j TIL About the World’s Longest Kayak, Coming in at a Whopping 500 Feet and Fitting Over 100 People