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TIL there exists a research group dedicated to identifying and classifying plastic bread clips - the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group (HORG)

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R71yQ TIL that despite being first built almost 30 years ago, the McLaren F1 is still the fastest road car with a naturally aspirated (non-turbo) engine.
pYPbZ TIL of the Arthurian Knight Feirefiz, brother of Parzival. His mother was a Moorish Queen and his skin is described as being like a Magpie, both black and white.
x69Oo TIL Until 2019, male members of the U.S. Marine Corps were not allowed to use umbrellas while in uniform.
j9vE TIL when a caterpillar is eating a tobacco plant, the plant sends out a chemical distress call that attracts predators of the caterpillar
grWvX TIL Shampoo was introduced to Britain in 1814. The Bengali surgeon Sake Dean Mahomed opened the Isles' first shampoo bath in Brighton that year and promoted the practice as able to cure many diseases and give full relief when everything else failed.