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TIL In paleontology, an "Elvis taxon" is a group of organisms that was thought to have re-emerged from extinction, but in reality has actually merely developed a similar evolution, "in recognition of the many Elvis impersonators who have appeared since the death of The King."

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WBO8 TIL there is a theory which says that the evolutionary path that lead to intelligent life was caused by apes that started eating magic mushrooms.
vPXD7 TIL that there are approximately 39,000 airplanes in the world right now. There have been approximately 150,000 airplanes throughout human history.
loaW5 TIL The repeal of Prohibition helped the Democrats and FDR win the election. Not only that, the Democrats (known as the "wet party") made enormous gains in both houses of Congress, which passed the 21st Amendment to repeal Prohibition even before FDR officially took office.
9w8O6 TIL that every champion of the FIFA Under 20 World Cup since 2007 has failed to qualify for the following edition of the tournament.
6KaY TIL according to a lawsuit filed against medical clinics and physicians who performed his colonoscopy, a man claims he had left his phone on ‘record’ and caught staff mocking him the second he went under, making fun of his penis, threatening to fire a gun up his rectum, and more