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16vwD TIL there were various hippopotami-based deities over ancient Egyptian civilisation. Taweret protected birth and childrearing co-existed with Ipet, whose "white, dazzling, sweet milk" facilitated the afterlife. Later came Ammit to devour the unjust. All goddess hippos had pendulous human breasts
7rV4M TIL that actress Lucy Liu has also led a successful career as a visual artist, having produced art through painting, photography, and mixed media. She's published this art under the pseudonym, Yu Ling (her Chinese name) since 1993.
6k8J TIL in 1775, about 70 years after the last Dodo’s death, the director of Oxford’s Natural History museum decided the museum’s stuffed Dodo was becoming too tattered and ordered it burned. A passing employee noticed and rescued a head and a limb. This is the last remainder of an actual dodo we have.
JYrA1 TIL About a 30-foot tall tree stump that has been floating upright in Crater Lake, OR since 1896. Dubbed the "Old Man of the Lake" the stump 450 years old, is strong enough to stand on, and is known to drift against the wind.
GAPON TIL Yoda was almost played by a monkey in mask!