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TIL of Abuwtiyuw, one of the oldest known named animals

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BXlL TIL in 2002, a 86 year old man was held 45min at the airport due to a strange metal item in his pocket that TSA couldn’t understand - it was a Medal of Honor.
o6B8 TIL Mongooses, honey badgers, hedgehogs, and pigs are the only mammals with a natural immunity to snake venom.
Oo04 TIL A Finnish sports brand Karhu Sports sold the three stripe trademark to Adidas for (the equivalent of) €1,600 euros and two bottles of Whiskey.
DMvY TIL The Slinky was originally an anti-vibration device for ship instruments until it fell of its inventor’s desk and he saw it had potential as a plaything
PYd9n TIL about the Expert Wizard Amendment, which was passed but never implemented.