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TIL that a snail spent years glued to a card in the British museum before they realized it was alive

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mxQgR TIL about 18th century thai king Suriyenthrathibodi , who was nicknamed the tiger king for his appalling private life and his acts of cruelty.
4Ba5 TIL - E.T.’s species are called Grebleips, from Spielberg spelled backwards. They are members of the Galactic Senate and can be seen in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
GAQa4 TIL While making SORCERER, William Friedkin had trouble detonating a giant kaoba tree for a key scene in the film using his SFX guy, so he hired an arsonist from Queens named "Marvin the Torch" who showed up on the set and blew it up perfectly in one take.
6Eey8 TIL The sun is white, but it can often appear yellow, orange or red through Earth's atmosphere due to atmospheric Rayleigh scattering
M7E7b TIL that in 1800, the U.S. birthrate was higher than in any European nation. The typical woman bore 7 children, starting around age 23 and continuing in two-year intervals until menopause. Had this pattern continued, the U.S. population would have reached 2 billion by 1990.