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TIL that pelicans were once native to Britain, and occasional sightings are still made

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R5Nnw TIL Pixar’s Turning Red is one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, only making 19.8 million on a 175 million dollar budget.
eGvb TIL that Benjamin Lay was an 18th century Quaker vegetarian abolitionist who once kidnapped the child of slaveholders temporarily, to show them how Africans felt when their relatives were sold overseas
wLEBo TIL Tooth Enamel (apatite) is not hardest biomaterial, the hardest biomaterial belongs to the Gumboot Chiton, a marine mollusc that has teeth made of Magnetite
nWver TIL that the sandbox tree, aka the 'dynamite tree' is covered in poison-filled spikes. Its pumpkin-shaped fruits, when ripe, explode and fling seeds at 250 km/h (160 mph).
D1Wrj TIL some of the most popular surnames 100 years ago, like Daft, Balls, Smeille, Death and Shufflebottom, are facing extinction due the their rude undertones. The use of the name Cock is down by almost 75%.