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TIL there is 1 building, 1 ship and over 50 organisms named after David Attenborough, including a grasshopper, a Jelly and a Dinosaur

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16EdO TIL of the Flannelette Curtain in the Australian city of Hobart. Following the Creek Rd creek it divides the traditionally professional and white collar part of the city from the working class part.
5M7D TIL Space Ghost’s real first name is Thaddeus
epVbn TIL about Bishnoi community in India who lay their lives in 1730 trying to save trees which were to be cut down at the orders of a local king.
YomP TIL US soldier Jeremy Morlock admitted to killing unarmed Afghanistan civilians for sport as a part of ‘kill team’ while he was deployed overseas
XEonD TIL a florida man tired of other drivers using their cellphones installed a signal jammer in his car and was fined by the FCC $48,000 for its use