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TIL that in the first translation of the New Testament into the modern Scots language, published in 1983, Satan speaks Standard English.

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j0DQ TIL all captive white tigers can be traced to a single tiger origin. Every white tiger since has been inbred again and again causing major deformities at birth. They are also not a subspecies, thus not endangered, and only kept around to bring in more money.
a86M TIL there was a harbor seal capable of imitating basic human speech, mimicking his owner’s most uttered phrase: “Hey, get outta here!”
BVVk TIL that the Mongols killed so many people in the Iranian Plateau that “Some historians have estimated that Iran’s population did not again reach its pre-Mongol levels until the mid-20th century”
b6D0j TIL of the eccentric Lord Longford who attempted to get parole for serial killer Myra Hindley, and who visited strip clubs in the 1970’s to compile a report on them. Longford nonetheless did acts of kindness, such as visiting a man who was dying of AIDS and had been abandoned by his family.
16ly8 TIL polar bears don’t hibernate. Oh and it’s International Polar Bear Day!