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TIL there was such a thing as Woolly Rhinos
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TIL that the D in D-Day merely stands for Day. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation.
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TIL the Guns N’ Roses hit song Sweet Child o’ Mine came under controversy in 2015 when a very similar sounding track by a lesser known Australian rock band was discovered to have been released six years prior. Upon hearing the song, GnR’s bassist, Duff McKagan, called the similarities “stunning.”
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TIL noble gases on the periodic table are called "noble" because they don't react or generally interact with other elements, like "noble" aristocracy.
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TIL Molly Ringwald turned down the lead in Pretty Woman because she felt that the story was icky.
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TIL that a cat once co-authored a physics paper. In 1975, a physicist had just finished writing a paper and was ready to publish but realized that he had used ‘we’ instead of 'I’ throughout, despite being the sole author. Not wanting to edit the paper, he listed his cat, Chester, as a co-author.