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TIL of the ultra rare second-generation hybrid offspring of ligers and tigons — the litigon, liliger, tiliger and titigon.

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eR5n TIL that on February 1, 2012, the workers at a store in King Cove, Alaska, left a half hour early because the weather was bad. 15 minutes later, an avalanche slammed into the store’s warehouse, annihilating it. And it was all caught on three separate security cameras.
X1rR TIL that there is a spider in Australia that makes a rectangular web, holds it in it’s hands, puts spots of feces on it to act as sights, then throws the web around it’s prey.
nW9dr TIL the story of Phineas Gage - who survived an iron rod passing through his skull in 1848, leading to dramatic changes in his personality and behavior, revolutionizing our understanding of the brain's role in personality.
XjZ6 TIL there exists an “Anti-Cheese” edit of the Phantom Menace, which removes virtually all of Jar-Jar’s dialogue, the racist dialect of the Neimoidians, and the goofy banter of the battle droids.
jN65X TIL that “cat got your tongue” originates from Ancient Egypt where they cut the tongue for punishing blasphemy and fed to cats