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TIL that Coelacanths were thought to be extinct since the cretaceous period, yet they were discovered alive in 1938

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DQJ4r TIL that in the Middle Ages, the bodies of aristocrats who died in far-off lands would sometimes be boiled to remove the flesh from the bone, in order to make it possible to hygenically transport their bones to their homelands for burial
welY TIL facial expressions are a very important part of sign language. Certain mouth and eye movements serve as adjectival or adverbial modifiers.
mxWXY TIL about Ussuri dholes which are rare, carnivorous canids native to wilderness areas ranging from the Indian subcontinent to northeast Asia. Also called Indian dholes, these endangered mammals are known to feed on herbivores such chitals, sambars, and gaurs, and occasionally on onagers and kiangs.
4dWN TIL that in 1947, a country ruled by King George VI attacked a country ruled by King George VI. The only time in the last two hundred years a King was at war with himself
4BkN TIL John Cleese’s family’s surname was Cheese, until his father changed their surname to Cleese before signing up for the army in World War 1.