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TIL Pandas become too lazy to mate in a perfect habitat

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D1yvr TIL about the Founding Father's love for ice cream. Thomas Jefferson crafted an 18-step recipe for vanilla ice cream that is housed in the Library of Congress. George Washington was said to have spent $200 on ice cream in the summer of 1790.
KOjbJ TIL A philomath is someone who greatly enjoys learning and studying. A polymath is someone who possesses great and detailed knowledge and facts from a variety of disciplines. Philosophy is the love of "wisdom" or "knowledge", rather than the process of acquisition thereof.
GYnB7 TIL that in the mid 1800s people believed that travelling by train could cause insanity due to the high speeds.
XwWQ TIL ‘The Earth Pyramid Project’, is a project that plans to erect a pyramid in an as-yet-undecided location. It will hold contributions from every government, indigenous peoples, and all the world’s children in chambers within the structure. Then the Pyramid will be sealed for 1000 years.
R5wyj TIL elephants call each other by name and respond when they hear others call their name