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TIL cogs exist in nature. The plant hopper uses cogs to synchronise its legs when jumping.

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5VdR9 TIL of Kenneth Robinson, who as Minister of Health in the UK would take a series of measures against Scientology on the grounds of it being harmful, Robinson would also later successfully sue the Church, winning substantial damages and an apology.
kOMVB TIL IBM donated an International Translator System for use at the Nuremberg Trials, which brought the trial to life through simultaneous interpretation of English, Russian, French, and German delivered to 600 headsets with five audio channels. Later, IBM sold the proven system to the United Nations.
OGV4X TIL that snooker was invented by a British army officer named Neville Chamberlain. He was a distant cousin of Neville Chamberlain, who would become famous for being Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
9Yrar TIL the elapsed time in a dream is about the same as the elapsed time IRL. For example, if you dream of an activity that would take five minutes in waking life, you probably dream about it for a full five minutes.
PDgJ TIL in 2012, Nestlé used a picture of a bear using Kit Kats as drumsticks to announce their Instagram account. They almost immediately had to take it down due to its resemblance to Pedobear.