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TIL Arizona State University is the only university in the world to offer a master of science degree in biomimicry (the study of design modeled on nature).

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dDYxr TIL about Prussian Heinrich Berger, an officer of the imperial German army and honored with the title of "Father of the Hawaiin music". He collaborated with King Kalakaua to create Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī, the national anthem of Hawaiʻi.
e0ObL TIL Palma de Mallorca Airport in Spain only reached 1 million passengers for the first time in 1962. Today, the airport serves 29 million passengers per year & during the busiest days in the Summer handles as many movements as London-Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe.
7VYx TIL That Donnie from The Wild Thornberries was voiced by Flea, the bassist from Red Hot Chili Peppers
e0PP5 TIL 22 Americans fought off 500 Nazi paratroopers for almost an entire day. After the war, they learned they'd put an entire Panzer Division hours behind schedule during the Battle of the Bulge.
EELw TIL in 1893 the Supreme Court held trial on whether tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. Testimonies consisted mainly of reading various dictionary entries. It was unanimously ruled a vegetable after 16 days.