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TIL a ‘philodox’ is someone who loves their own opinions.

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bYp7 TIL There Have Only Been 3 Perfect Games in Putt-Putt Professional Golfers Association (PPPGA) History
NXYn6 TIL about Prototaxites, an exctinct genus of fungi that lived around 400 million years ago. They could rich 1m (3 ft) in width and 8m (26 ft) in length, making them by far the largest land-dwelling organism of their time.
xQlD TIL that the washing machine and electricity had a profound impact on the lives of women, giving them the possibility to access the marketplace.
yVVBl TIL there is a activity called parahawking that combines paragliding with falconry in which Birds of prey are trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals. Parahawking was developed by British falconer Scott Mason in 2001
yQPrv TIL of Saturn, an American Alligator born in 1936, who is rumoured to have met Hitler and survived the Battle of Berlin as one of only 96 out of 16000 animals from the Berlin Zoo to survive WW2. He was moved to Moscow Zoo after the war where he still lives today.