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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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NkDE TIL that WHO barred the US-based International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) from taking part in ‘WHO activities setting microbiological or chemical standards for food and water’ because 60 per cent of ILSI’s budget comes from ‘hundreds of chemical, food and drug companies’
X0gwk TIL the Norwegian Lundehund is the only dog with 6 toes. It is a polydactyl: instead of the normal four toes per foot, the Lundehund normally has six toes, all fully formed, jointed and muscled.
BgLWK TIL "SOS" doesn't stand for anything, it's just a distinguishable Morse code message. (Some backronyms have since been applied)
pYxWb TIL that In 1816, after the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, Earth experienced the “Year Without a Summer.” Global temperatures dropped, leading to food shortages, crop failures, and extreme weather events
Lkbld TIL Bas Rutten invented a submission move and predicted he was going to win using it in this very fight