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TIL that there are more scientists named “Steve” who support evolution, than there are scientists who support Creationism altogether

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XWpQ TIL on March 12 1981, two different comic strips, with the same name and same general idea were published on the same day, one in the USA and the other in the UK, created by two different artists, who had absolutely no knowledge of one another. The comic strip in question is Dennis the Menace.
D1xaD TIL that the master of a Cambridge University college that banned dogs from accommodation has been allowed to keep his rescue bassett hound after persuading officials it was "a very large cat."
xVRpo TIL that the first powered airplane flight was not by the Wright Brothers in 1903, but by English aeronautical inventor John Stringfellow, who in 1848 flew for 30 meters in controlled and level powered flight in Somerset. Textbooks are being changed to reflect this new research and give him credit.
J1PMm TIL that Japanese stores use anti-theft paintballs to help track thieves
9YKmX TIL that the white flag of surrender had been adopted independently by multiple civilizations because it was often improvised from cheap fabrics on hand.