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TIL that an alternative name for the giraffe is "cameleopard", which comes from the Greek "kamēlopárdalis".

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BgOBy TIL the Apollo program is the largest ever research & development project to be executed during peacetime. It cost $25.4 billion (roughly $257 billion adjusted for inflation). At its peak, it accounted for over half of NASA'a total spending in the 1960s and employed over 400K people across the US.
rNRRw TIL that the voice for Bambi, Donnie Dunagan, became a Marine and retired as a Major.
AOkB TIL Qatar Airways allows only one falcon per person as carry-on. It used to be two.
OGB11 TIL The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal was built to better connect Chicago to the Mississippi River, and was the world’s largest canal at the time. It provided engineers with the necessary experience to help construct the most pivotal infrastructure project in US history - the Panama Canal.
yQgo8 TIL Coco Chanel, famous fashion designer, was a Nazi sympathizer and agent