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TIL That Facebook owns hundreds of Domain names, including faceboo.com, fb.com, and IHateTheFacebookLikeButton.com

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YmZG TIL Pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion when stored in large quantities.
a8jw9 TIL the Cretaceous-era turtle Kallokibotion bajazidi’s scientific name literally means “beautiful box of Bajazid” and that Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, the paleontologist who named the species, named it that because the shape of the turtle’s shell reminded him of his lover Bajazid Doda’s butt.
E4rd TIL Bob Barker is Macklemore’s step grandfather
PYj4Z TIL that Goose bumps evolved to make our ancestors’ hair stand up, making them appear more threatening to predators.
oJLR TIL Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent [source: my toilet paper, then verified via Google]