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TIL that there is a beetle and a spider named after Leonardo DiCaprio to acknowledge his work in promoting environmental awareness

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epmLL TIL on July 20 1322, a woman named Clemencia Pentyn raised an alarm when she saw that her husband, John, was preparing to hang himself. A group of neighbours came to his rescue, which escalated to an altercation. The suicidal man survived, but ended up murdering one of his rescuers during the brawl
WKJ4 TIL There used to be 4 billion American chestnut trees, but they all disappeared because of a fungus that kills them as saplings.
epVvb TIL As a child, Walt Disney's mom convinced his dad, Elias, to buy him a set of colored pencils and some drawing paper. Elias did not approve, believing the boy should spend time engaged in hard, manual labor. Even after Walt became famous, Elias never considered animation a real job
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xV7ag TIL People who eat cheese and butter daily live LONGER than those who don't. Scientists came to this conclusion after analyzing the diets of more than 130,000 people in almost two dozen countries.