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TIL that there is a species of snake named after Professor Farnsworth from Futurama

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5VV5n TIL Spanish conquistadors went exploring all the way up to Kansas in the 1500s
NXveE TIL on a beach in 2004 10-yr-old Tilly Smith recognized the signs in the ocean that a tsunami was minutes away because she had studied it 2 weeks before in school. She told a hotel chef who recognized the word tsunami & helped evacuate the area. Her actions are believed to have saved about 100 lives
EP7W TIL that the phrase “Blood is thicker than water” was originally “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” meaning the modern phrase is opposite in meaning to its origin.
LdBv TIL there are more tigers in the state of Texas than all of Asia
WkAW8 TIL that there is a shanytown on the edge of Seoul's affluent Gangnam District, created by people evicted from houses in low-income areas demolished prior to the 1988 Olympics, who came there as their last refuge. It has 2500-4000 residents, mostly impoverished elderly, living in shacks and trailers