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TIL 5 days after being drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1984, Tom Glavine was selected by the L.A. Kings in the fourth round -- ahead of two future hockey Hall of Famers Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille

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jN6aN TIL that, primarily, Chameleons change their color to warm up (dark colors absorb more light) and be sexy (to other chameleons), not to camouflage themselves (as many people believe).
X5gk TIL self-taught naturalist Ray Stanford shocked paleontologists by routinely finding hundreds of dinosaur prints in suburban Washington DC where only a handful had been discovered before. He has a unique ability to recognize patterns and abnormalities in rock. He also claims seeing UFOs in clouds.
V9JQ TIL: The U.S bought Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 for $7.2million ($122million today). Since 1959 Alaska has produced $157billion worth of oil. That’s a return of nearly 130,000%!
ogkE TIL Newgrounds was one of the first Web 2.0 sites, where you could upload Flash movies and games and others could rate and review it as early as 2000
1aOVO TIL that the lead singer of Toto is the son of legendary film composer John Williams.