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TIL, that about 86 percent of animals and/or species on earth have not been discovered yet

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jNGLQ TIL of the tallest solider of all time, Väinö Myllyrinne. While he served for the Viipuri Heavy Artillery he was (7ft 3in) tall. Later in his life he had anothe growth spurt and he ended up being (8ft 3in) tall. On top of all that he was a wrestler, in a circus, and had GIANT hands.
v1xvj TIL while the professional production of Quadrophenia's cover cost The Who £16,000, their next album's cover featured a caricature of the band that cost them only £32.
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jNgXp TIL that Paul Kern, who was shot in the head in WWI and never slept again, spent about 12 of his 24-hr days clubbing and the worst “side effect” was how much it cost to stay awake all the time.
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