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TIL that Charles Darwin ate every animal he ever discovered

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PrRZ TIL the living person with the most Oscars is the guy who wrote the songs for the 90s Disney films
loZB7 TIL that Peru is Portuguese for turkey, meaning that there are two countries in the world called Turkey.
rQ6o TIL that a 40-year-old violent feud between villages in Philippines was solved after the women of the villages threatened to withhold sex from the men if they continued fighting. The villages returned to peace within two weeks.
GAndJ TIL the hottest day on record in September was recorded today in California‘s Death Valley at 127 degrees Fahrenheit (52.8 degrees Celsius)
E1XJp TIL that despite the popular depiction in films and television, Manhattan has almost no alleys. The Commissioners Plan of 1811 designed the city's grid layout without alleyways to maximize the limited space. The few alleys that remain mostly predate that plan.