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TIL the word “leopard” is a Greek compound of leon (“lion”) and pardos (“male panther”), as it was believed in antiquity leopards were hybrids of the two.

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6EvQm TIL- Bees don't buzz during an eclipse - Using tiny microphones suspended among flowers, researchers recorded the buzzing of bees during the 2017 North American eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up to the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison.
PYkwV TIL that the Godzilla Franchise has the Guinness World Record for the longest continuously running movie franchise; its first installment in 1954 focused on the fears of a nuclear holocaust, with Godzilla's Tokyo rampage being filmed to mirror the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
LQdmQ TIL that Henry Ford's net worth upon death (in 1947) equates to around $200 billion in today's money, making him the 3rd richest person to have ever lived.
yV4Xa TIL of Eumastas, an ancient Greek who lifted a volcanic boulder weighing over 920 lbs (417 kg) off the ground. For perspective, the current world record for a raw deadlift is only about 20% higher, yet this feat was carved into the stone in the 6th century BC.
ZgVa TIL - The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. If you scale this to 46 years then the human race has been here for just 4 hours. The Industrial Revolution began just 1 minute ago and in that time, 50% of the Earth’s forests have been destroyed.