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TIL that Yahoo was nearly able to acquire Facebook in 2006 for $1bn, but due to a faltering stock price, Yahoo lowered its offer to $850m, allowing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to walk away from the deal.

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vYnj TIL that Da Vinci used to be a comedic genius - by putting fake wings and horns on lizards he’d scare people in the Vatican. He’d also trap people in the corner of rooms by making giant ‘balloons’.
wJJ7 TIL scientists discovered a female boa constrictor which could reproduce asexually. She produced two large litters of female babies, but unlike normal female boa constrictors these babies had two W chromosomes, instead of one Z and one W chromosome
xVgRo TIL that France has the most timezones, even more than Russia!
05vy TIL India’s moon orbiter took photos of the Apollo landing site, debunking the conspiracy theory that the US faked the moon landings.
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