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TIL the duck-billed platypus coexisted with dinosaurs, with scientists dating them back to the Jurassic period.

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0wmnv TIL The Version of Holding Out For A Hero used in the credits of Shrek 2 is sung by Imogen Heap
ojjo TIL of Anglish, a form of English where no Latin based words are used, in favor of Germanic forms, such as using “wordstock” in place of “vocabulary.”
wLxYM Today I learned that the original eraser was stale bread and erasers are pink because of pumice: Guide to Erasers
7v1X TIL that blue is officially the national colour of Ireland, even though green is more popular.
W7LQo TIL of "Target Fixation": a phenomenon where an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target, or hazard to be avoided) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object.