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TIL that the Tasmanian Devil will fly into a maniacal rage when threatened by a predator, fighting for a mate, or defending a meal. Early European settlers dubbed it a “devil” after witnessing such displays, which include teeth-baring, lunging, and an array of spine-chilling guttural growls.

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8aKgb TIL Quarantine is from Italian 'quaranta giorni', meaning "forty days", used in 14th-15th-century Venetian dialect and designating the period that all ships were required to be isolated before passengers and crew could go ashore during the Black Death plague epidemic
MNGK TIL a UCLA student went to Libya to fight with the rebels for, what he describes as, a ‘sick’ summer break
bGYp TIL: Kim Jong Un is a huge Pokemon fan, even allegedly lifting the ban on the franchise in North Korea
5On8 TIL that writer Henry David Thoreau wore a large neckbeard for most of his life, insisting that women found it attractive
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