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TIL: Charles Darwin Ate Every Animal He Ever Studied!

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P1X4Z TIL of a cricket match, which was played under timeless rules, that was played between South Africa and England, was abandoned as a draw because the English team had to leave to catch their boat home
jNJna TIL that "sardine" isn't actually species of fish but rather a generic name given to to various small, oily fish within the herring family of Clupeidae.
KOroG TIL that every member of The Beatles cited "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" as their favorite song off of The White Album
VQym TIL there is an abandoned subway station under City Hall in New York that no train stops at but that you can see in passing if you take the number 6 train
wor5W TIL that in 2011 a man foreclosed on Bank of America. After BofA mistakenly tried to foreclose on his house despite him not having a mortgage, they owed him fees and damages. When they refused to pay, police escorted the homeowner to the local BofA branch and began seizing computers, desks, and cash