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TIL There is a vegetarian crocodile in India which has been living only on a diet of rice and jaggery for the last 60 years

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YmOA TIL that Italy and Japan are still at war
KOL06 TIL that the worlds first democratic federal government is thought to be the First Nations Iroquois Confederacy established sometime in the late 17th to early 18th century. That was before the revolutions in Europe.
nWdwB TIL that the Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea arion) is carnivorous in its caterpillar stage, feeding on the red ant (Myrmica sabuleti) larvae by mimicking the sound and scent of their queen ant to infiltrate their colonies. 40 years ago it became extinct in Britain but was reintroduced from Europe.
BrJJW TIL Wet Wet Wet lead Marty Pellow had their hit song Love is All Around removed from sales not long after going to the cinema and hearing someone say "God, not that song again!" as the Four Weddings trailer played, it was still selling 120k copies/week when it was pulled 3.5 months after release.
X0nKX TIL Laryy Lessig wrote a book about copyright and how Disney orchestrated lengthening copyright over 90 times in a century and effectively stealing you rights for published works.