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TIL that the Laotian rock rat was thought to be extinct for 11 million years until it was discovered in a meat market in Laos.

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69onZ TIL that the temperature profile of the Earth's atmosphere is stratified, fluctuating based on the particular atmospheric layer, with the highest temperatures observed in the exosphere, up to 2,000°C, due to solar radiation
PYE4Z TIL after seeing Blade Runner(1982), William Gibson, having written a third of his debut novel Neuromancer, figured he was sunk, since everyone would assume he’d copied his visual texture from the film. Neuromancer went on to be the first novel to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and Philip K. Dick awards.
Br9DL TIL after George I of England’s death, his mistress the Duchess of Kendal kept a raven that she believed to be him
9Y9KM TIL Hindu holy books 'Vedas' refer to a "third sex," roughly defined as people for whom sex is not procreative, either through impotence or a lack of desire for the opposite sex. Members of the third sex are sometimes sometimes recognized for having divine powers or insights.
J1Yom TIL in 2018, a leaping elk brought down a research helicopter in Utah.