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TIL that "Antelope" is not a term for a specific african animal, but a common collective name for several species of horned animals, some of which are not closely related.

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LQV1P TIL That Sri Lanka was connected to India by a walkable land bridge known as 'Adams Bridge' until it was destroyed by a cyclone in 1480CE, leaving a chain of limestone shoals behind.
rRYdy TIL the “WD” in WD-40 stands for Water Displacement, and the “40” represents the forty attempts it took the inventors to get the secret formula just right - so right that the same formula is still in use today.
R76o6 TIL - Rob Cantor created a song where Shia LaBeouf is a ruthless cannibal.
XE89j TIL According to the convention of Geneva an ejected pilot in the air is not a combatant and therefore attacking him is a war crime.
vP5w7 TIL that Former US President JFK posed as Clark Kent to protect Superman's identity in a 1964 comic