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TIL that UK libraries offer free digital access to nearly all newspapers, magazines, audiobooks and eBooks.

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9Y1rp TIL, that human canines are not for tearing and ripping meat. Instead, our ancestors used them to fight male rivals for mating rights.
epMJ4 TIL Steven Spielberg beat James Cameron to the film rights of Jurassic Park by just a few hours. However after Cameron saw Spielberg's film, he realized that Spielberg was the right person for it because dinosaurs are for kids and he would've made "Aliens with dinosaurs."
RWwa TIL in 1983 Marvel Comics actually published a number of comics about a ‘Spider-Pig’ though his name was Peter Porker, your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Ham.