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TIL lemmings don’t commit suicide by jumping off of cliffs and this myth comes from Disney staging the whole thing.

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VMj8Z TIL about “Peter Bergmann”, a man that visited Ireland 11 years ago under an alias, was found dead on a beach and has never been identified.
X00NP TIL that the Panda's false thumb is key to it's subsistence on such energy-poor resources like bamboo. Without the false thumb, consumption of bamboo would require more work, compromising their ability to meet their dietary needs.
D0QJ TIL that the 17-minute long psychedelic rock song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, by Iron Butterfly, was originally named In the Garden Of Eden. The lead singer was so high, drunk, or both that he slurred the words, creating the title.
PlBZ TIL the FBI Mined Grocery Store Records for Falafel Purchases to Find Iranian Terrorists
JYrJl TIL that Napoleon used to fight with one of his classmates at the Military Academy of Paris (Sidney Smith). Then at 1799 during the Siege of Acre Sidney Smith meet Napoleon again but now in battlefield, where Napoleon was defeated.