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TIL the scientific name of the European ground squirrel is Spermophilus - "Seed Lover"

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Oo9j1 TIL the cloth of gold cone (Conus textile) is a venomous species of sea snail capable of severely stinging humans, and several deaths have been attributed to this marine gastropod. The snail's proboscis holds the harpoon-like, radular tooth which is responsible for injecting conotoxin into its prey.
0D4M TIL that during WWII, King Christian X of Denmark was one of the only rulers of an occupied country who refused to go into exile for his own safety. He took daily rides through Copenhagen unattended to show he was not afraid.
e0xwg TIL the son of a US Governor is 6,000 times more likely to become a Governor than the average American and the son of a US Senator is 8,500 times more likely to become a senator than the average American
d8aOZ TIL that the film Rocky was filmed in just 28 days for a budget of $960,000
DdAe TIL that after it was released on March 17, 1973, Pink Floyd’s famous ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ album stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for 736 weeks, the most consecutive number of weeks any album was ever on the chart.