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TIL 20,000 whales are killed yearly by ships

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neo9r TIL AL-Jahiz, A Ethiopian Muslim suggested Evolution of New Species by Natural Selection in 776AD (150 AH), 1000 yrs before Darwin, in his "Book of the Animals"
Ok71 TIL: The elementary school game, “Heads Up, Seven Up,” was a tool used by educators to determine students that were more likely to cheat. If you weren’t very good chances are you were more honest.
jNlAM TIL that the tea company, Twinnings, has the world's oldest continually-used company logo. The firm's logo was created in 1787, and has been in continuous use since it was made.
l7d0V TiL that "Country" and "Western" music were initially two separate musical styles. Both genres were frequently played together on the same radio stations, which eventually led to the term "country and western music".
ADJOB TIL that Shirley Temple, the child actress and namesake of the drink, was a US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution that saw democracy return to Czechoslovakia.