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TIL that Geospiza fortis - one if "Darwin's finches" - was the first animal species which scientists have observed evolving in real-time

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lNM5 TIL That Michael Jordan Had a “Love of the Game” clause in his Bulls contract that allowed him to play anywhere, anytime - an allowance that would be almost unheard of today
WBeN TIL the pages of what became Catcher in the Rye were carried by author J.D. Salinger as he stormed the beach at Normandy on D-Day, through the streets of Paris, and into liberated concentration camps. The story was shaped by his experiences.
Y7PmW TIL that in 1947 the town of Holt, Missouri (population 471) experienced the greatest 1 hour rainfall total ever observed worldwide: 12 inches of rain fell in just 42 minutes.
j6ZDM TIL about the Green Children of Woolpit: In the 12th century, two children with green skin and strange clothing appeared in a village in England. The children were taken in by a local family and eventually learned to speak English, but their origins remain a mystery.
JvB TIL google pays their gay and lesbian employees more to compensate for the extra tax they have to pay that heterosexuals don’t