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TIL Liechtenstein’s only lake is less than 100 years old, created by a flood of the Rhine

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6Eb5Q Today I learned that a 2013 study reclassified Pygmy Right Whales as a member of the cetotheres, a previously thought extinct group of baleen whales that were prey to the megalodon, among others. This effectively brings the family ‘back from the dead.’
yQ1QV TIL every Australian state has only one large city and the majority of every state lives in those cities.
E18eW TIL in ancient Rome, famous gladiators endorsed products just like modern athletes do. Some of these endorsements have survived in ancient frescoes. The makers of the film Gladiator downplayed this historical angle on the assumption that modern audiences would not believe it.
0wwWM TIL of Christmas Creep, a phenomenon where merchants take advantage of Christmas shopping well before Black Friday
vjB4 TIL On December 5, 1933, when the 21st Amendment was passed to end Prohibition, American journalist H. L. Mencken celebrated with a glass of water, calling it “my first in 13 years.”