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TIL the reply to the first tweet ever was “f*ck you”

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nyRP TIL That modern tortoises’ ancestors moved out of the sea (fish to land reptiles), then back to the sea (early turtles), then back to the land again as tortoises.
5YZwk TIL alpacas are being used as bodyguards in some turkey farms, since they instinctively accept the birds into their herd and scare off foxes.
LkYDm TIL Walt Disney's last words before he died were "Kurt Russell".
oBExY TIL when the FBI went undercover to expose the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989-2001 they posed as a production company that interviewed supposed winners for TV commercials and named it Shamrock Productions with the byline “‘Cause you’re just lucky” printed on their van.
Ry46 TIL Japanese scientists took some cherry tree seeds to space for 6 months. When returned to earth and planted, the trees first flowered 6 years earlier than expected with unfamiliar flowers. Scientists still don’t know why.