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TIL That Oscar the Grouch was originally orange in the 1st season of Sesame Street, his change to green in the second season was explained in show as the result of him visiting a swamp.

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1VND TIL a storm uncovered a settlement with stone housing, beds, dressers, shelving and cupboards and jewellery along with a built in drainage system and toilets. It’s over 5000 y/o. The inhabitants lived nearer to the age of mammoths and sabre tooth cats than they did to 2013. Meet the Flintstones…
nWvwB TIL that some Mormyridae (also called [african] freshwater elephant fish] have the highest brain-to-body ratio of any vertebrates. Specifically Gnathonemus petersii have a much higher one than humans. They also use complex electrical ("radio") signals to communicate with each other.
p8dlZ TIL The great grandson of China's first President didn't learn about him until he was 17 when he had to do a term paper and found over 1,600 books on Sun Yat-Sen, "The Father of Modern China". His grandparents and parents never told him about politics so he could grow up as a normal child
Me4rK TIL that the stalker of a Japanese singer was able to deduce where she lived by looking at her social media and studying the reflections of her eyes in photos. He deduced which station she used, tailed her home to her condo, and using other photos she’d posted, deduced which room she lived in
j8mN TIL that there are many untouched plane wrecks in the UK dating from WWII, and that removing anything from the wreckage site is an offence under law