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TIL exposure to platinum can turn snails into their evolutionary decedents the slug.

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pdXG TIL that the name ‘Aspirin’ was originally a trademark belonging to German pharmaceutical company 'Bayer’, but after Germany’s loss in WWI the company was forced to hand over the trademark as a part of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Oo6ye TIL remains of a human-sized penguin have been discovered in New Zealand. The penguin was more than 5 feet tall and weighed more than 170 pounds.
K7JG TIL The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. Also, the flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.
LQrLP TIL about the Women's 1500m at the 2012 Summer Olympics, called "one of the dirtiest race in history", where six of the first nine finishers (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th) have been found to have been doping and the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th and 9th finishers were disqualified as of now.
nW44P TIL the 1904 Olympic lacrosse competition consisted of only three teams. The bronze medallists were a Mohawk team whose members had such names as Almighty Voice, Flat Iron, Rain in Face, and Man Afraid Soap.