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TIL the Catholic Church designated Beavers and Capybaras as fish, allowed to be eaten during Lent, due to their aquatic nature.

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vMQ7 TIL: The Golden Buddha statue was completely plastered over before 1767 to prevent it from being stolen, the hidden golden statue was only re-discovered in 1950 when the ropes broke while trying to move the statue causing the plaster to break when it hit the ground.
N7xmJ TIL that after taking inflation into account, 'Gone with the Wind' is the movie that made the most money of all time
B7GW TIL During truce talks between North and South Korea, both parties would try to bring a bigger national flag than the other to each meeting. This went on until a special meeting was called to address the size of the flags, as they could no longer fit in the room.
GA7g TIL The Colgate toothpaste company tried to extend their brand by creating a line of frozen dinners. The idea remains today one of the worst product failures ever.
9yKM TIL spelling bees are a particularly American/British phenomenon. Other languages spell their words so intuitively that one can easily spell them just by hearing them. English, on the other hand, contains Latin, Greek, Germanic, etc. roots, not to mention whole words borrowed from other languages.