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TIL that the Pokemon Charizard inspired the naming of Chilicola charizard, a species of stem-nesting bee.

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rRrZo TIL Slash, Lenny Kravitz and Nicolas Cage were classmates in High School.
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KOwG9 TIL that you are guaranteed a lawyer if you cannot afford one (in the U.S.) because a poor man was convicted unjustly, began reading law in prison, and wrote the Supreme Court, saying that he should have been given a lawyer despite his lack of money. He was retried and acquitted.
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PY47O TIL of the town of Plymouth on the island of Montserrat, which remains the capital of the island despite having no inhabitants for over two decades due to a volcanic eruption