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TIL the word “huh” used to express confusion is the most universal sound humans make. It is prevalent in virtually every area, language, culture, and nationality.

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8eXKP TIL in the Battle of Arausio, the Roman army was defeated to the Cimbri and Tuetons, and lost about 120,000 soldiers, but the two consuls who led the army survived.
6LRm TIL that after a terrible car accident that put Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc.) into a coma, the only thing that woke him up was one of Blanc’s neurologists that asked, “Bugs Bunny, how are you doing today?” He replied, “Myeeeeh. What’s up doc?”
jxjN TIL that in a siege against a gallic city, Julius Caesar actually built a second wall around the city to keep its occupants from leaving.
9G06 TIL that dolphins’ milk is as thick as toothpaste.
lDv7 TIL scientists announced they are “50% there” to creating a “chickenosaurus” after they successfully modified the beak of a chicken embryo to resemble the snout of its dinosaur ancestors in 2015