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TIL about 25% of all animal species are beetles.

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WkeV9 TIL that in an attempt to modernize Newfoundland, Canada, the province's Premier hired the former Latvian Minister of Finance, Alfred Valdmanis. While industrializing the province, Valdmanis embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars before being unmasked as a criminal and former Nazi collaborator.
4XwEo TIL 29 of the 30 most watched broadcasts in the United States were Super Bowls, with the other one being the final episode of MAS*H
Zk5p TIL Neanderthals had much better teeth than humans due to having an almost entirely carbohydrate free diet.
4Bwa TIL Simon, the world’s first smartphone, was released by IBM in 1994. It cost $899, loaded new apps via external memory cards, and could last sixty minutes before requiring a recharge. IBM sold 50,000 units.
wRp8 TIL that the Vatican owns the building that houses Europe’s largest gay bathhouse. Cardinal Ivan Dias, who has called homosexuality “unnatural” and had argued that gays can be “cured”, lives in a 12-room apartment on the floor directly above the sauna.