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TIL that crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards

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dDkld TIL about Deuteria, wife of Merovingian King Theudebert I, who had a daughter so beautiful, she killed her out of fear Theudebert would leave her for her daughter.
epkbk Today I learned that there is a professional peruvian footballer with the name Osama Vinladen Jiménez López, named after Osama bin Laden whose brothers name is Sadam Husein named after the former president of Iraq.
GDBN TIL Switzerland has over 3,000 points of demolition to stop invaders, w/bridges rigged to detonate &/or fall on railways, artificial landslides, & hidden artillery are set. On the German side, ALL tunnels are rigged, & mountains are hollowed for whole divisions. Military deception is everywhere.
nLYW TIL the killer whales of Eden were a group of Orcas known for their co-operation with human hunters of other whale species. The killer whales would find target whales, shepherd them into Twofold Bay, and then alert the whalers to their presence and often help to kill the whales.
evKD TIL Weird Al Yankovic had asked permission from Prince to parody his songs on numerous occasions, and has always been refused. When the two were assigned to sit in the same row at an award’s show, he got a telegram from Prince’s lawyers demanding he not make eye contact