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TIL that wet plate photography cannot pick up certain tattoos. This ended up erasing a large part of Māori culture from history.

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P1nrZ TIL the algae on sloths' fur can be an emergency food source. Sloths usually eat leaves, but they sometimes consume the algae that grows on them, gaining extra nutrients. This unique adaptation not only camouflages them but also provides an additional food option when other sources are limited.
v1Yer TIL there is no such thing as a 'triangle player' in an orchestra. The person playing the triangle is called a percussionist and masters at least 35 different instruments.
GXB4 TIL Macaulay Culkin got paid $100,000 for Home Alone 1 in 1990. In 1992 for Home Alone 2, he was paid $4.5 Million and in 1994 for Ri¢hie Ri¢h… $8Mil.
nWlQr TIL there are approximately 50 birds for every human on earth.
oBPPA TIL an astronomer was frightened by the jumping spiders on her ceiling, but after she discovered that they were capable of seeing the moon, she said “They can see the moon just like me! I can't kill them now that I know that.”