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TIL Stephen Hawking earned $46 million in 2013, making him the highest paid scientist in the world

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4XyBR TIL In Paraguay the Guaraní language is more widely spoken than Spanish (52% of the rural population only speaks it), making the country a linguistic anomaly in Latin America
BrwVk TIL that the African Spiny Mouse can release it's skin (like a lizard releases it's tail) on attack and completely regrow it. This feature, which is called autotomy, has given hope for replicating regeneration capabilities in humans. The African Spiny Mouse is the only known mammal, to do this.
VM17p TIL that 25% of all known animals are beetles.
QJ5yM Today I learned that Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart was actually originally written for a Broadway musical about vampires in love, which was never made (unfortunately!).
kwjg TIL the movie ‘Predator’ was written in response to a joke that since Rocky Balboa had no earthly opponents left, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made.