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TIL Caribou are the only deer species that that male and female grow antlers.

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vP5gx TIL of the Asiatic Vespers, in which king Mithridates VI of Pontus ordered all cities in Asia Minor (today's Turkey) to kill all inhabitants of Roman or Italian origin (around 80,000) on a predetermined day.
EKBV TIL that “The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth”, a study co-authored by hundreds of physicists, is only one sentence long: “So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth.”
QJe8M TIL In the movie Ratatouille (2007), the recipe used to make the dish is a real recipe designed by a famous chef known as Thomas Keller...it takes 4 hours to make
EgPXP Today I learned George Lucas only directed one of three of the original Star Wars trilogy.
e0Q95 TIL that, even after injecting yourself with epinephrine or receiving it from an ambulance in response to an anaphylactic attack, it's still advisable to visit the ER. 20% of the time, patients may need a second injection or other interventions because the first (for whatever reason) has failed.