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TIL that Sri Lanka and India were connected as recently as the 15th century by a chain of limestone shoals known as “Adam’s Bridge”

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4XMAa TIL A brass lion’s head gripping a large brass ring was the most quintessentially British doorknocker. The lion as the king of beasts has been a symbol not only of strength, valor, and power but of Great Britain itself for centuries.
Ajbo TIL in film-making that ‘wrap’, referring to the completion of film-shooting, is actually an abbreviation for 'Wind, Reel, And Print’ and an entirely-completed film is termed 'in the can’. The terms came from the early days of filming.
j65Wv TIL initial news reporting the morning after Hurricane Katrina hit claimed the city had “dodged a bullet”, as Katrina veered away from a direct hit at the last minute and shrunk from a Category 5 to Category 3.
9YEL6 Today I learned that the person who voices Aizawa in MHA voiced characters in other animes.
OonA4 TIL that grapefruit has a number of adverse drug interactions, and when eaten with certain drugs, can lead to accidental overdoses