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TIL That Dung beetles are currently the only known non-human animal to navigate and orient themselves using the Milky Way

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ooYY TIL Both Tom Hanks & George Clooney are related to Abraham Lincoln
bMoa TIL that in 1976, Margaret Hamilton reprised her role as the Wicked Witch of the West on an episode of Sesame Street. Initial screenings revealed that children were “exceptionally attentive” during scenes with the witch. The episode has never been re-run, and no known existing copies exist today.
gwXy TIL of a 83 year old lady from Wyoming who maintains and regularly uses a 122 year old sourdough culture, she makes pancakes out of it.
LjoQ TIL that in Texas ‘The use of force to resist an arrest or search is justified if, before you offers any resistance, the peace officer uses or attempts to use greater force than necessary to make the arrest or search. 9.31 Subsection (b)
4jON TIL that the Powerpuff Girls were originally called the “Whoopass Girls” by their creator who did the pilot as a college project. The “secret ingredient” in their creation was accidentally spilling a can of Whoopass into the pot.