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TIL Fingerprints are not unique, and a Portland, WA attorney was arrested for the Madrid train bombings because his fingerprint matched an Algerian terrorist.

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QPb9 TIL when Jim Henson died, Disney Imagineers sent a drawing of Mickey Mouse consoling Kermit the Frog to his mourning company.
8aVjV TIL Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, born 1788, was the first known supercentenarian (lived to be 110 years old). He outlived all his 12 children and his record for longest living male was not surpassed until 65 years after his death.
1aD7d TIL there is a restaurant in tiny Union CT that gives books away to every person that dines there.
VMaY0 TIL the Aldabra Rail is the only example of an animal evolving twice. It evolved ~136,000 years ago, went extinct for ~35,000 years before re-evolving. The second evolution took roughly 20,000 years.
Zp9n4 TIL A Poodle's distinct grooming serves a historical purpose of keeping them warm but also serves to not overburden them with excess weight in the event that they got wet