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TIL that Charles Darwin ate every animal he ever discovered
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TIL that White Peacocks are not albino peacocks, rather they are born all white, due to a genetic variation. Albino animals have a complete lack of color and red or pink eyes, and albino skin is very pale. White peafowl have blue eyes and colored skin. They are not found in the wild.
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TIL In 1998 a Japanese reality show locked a naked man in an apartment until he won one million yen worth of prizes through mail-in magazine contests. He was there for over a year.
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TIL that in 1787 a man was hanged for deserting and re-enlisting in the British Army 47 times, in order to get the large bounty obtained upon joining the army.
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TIL for Superman (1978), Christopher Reeve refused to wear fake muscles under the suit and took an intense two-month training regimen supervised by David Prowse who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films.
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TIL Prince Philip of is worshipped by inhabitants of some villages on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, holding feasts on his honour and having portraits of him