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TIL the first settlers of Madagascar hunted the local megafauna into extinction and demolished the islands' forest ecosystem, turning it into barren grasslands

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R5W6 TIL that there is a Velcro alternative that is 8x stronger than Velcro
5gD9 TIL the astrophysicist who first proposed what is now know as the “Big Bang” theory, was the Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître.
P1PWJ TIL the song “Hey There Delilah” was written about a woman who had a different boyfriend and turned down the lead singer of the band.
P1AMw TIL the leaf colors you see in autumn are their true color. The colors are hidden during the spring and summer by the green chlorophyll in the leaves.
XEA8r TIL Chris Pratt is one of the actors with most Lego figures of his characters in history, thanks to The Lego Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World