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TIL that a group of Butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.
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TIL during the 900 day siege of Leningrad by the Nazi's during WW2 (which caused unimaginable suffering and even cannibalism) the Russians built a railway into the city over a temporarily frozen lake. They transported food, medicine, fuel etc and evacuated children and the sick. The "Road of Life"
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TIL that all modern horses are likely descended from a single male ancestor. Wild stallions were aggressive and untamable, so he was probably a timid stallion for whom domestication was the only chance to get laid.
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TIL in Aliso Viejo, California, the city officials came close to ban polystyrene cups in 2004 after hearing that “dihydrogen monoxide”(H20,plain water) was used in their production.
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TIL Tom Cruise grew up in near poverty, and he was beaten by his father, who Cruise has stated was a bully and coward.
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TIL that 80% of male prisoners in the US are black, and 1 in 3 African American males aged 20–29 is imprisoned, jailed, or on parole/probation.