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TIL some whales still have hind-leg bones, likely because they are descendant from land animals that returned to the sea

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Mewya TIL that, during the so-called "Dark Ages" of Europe, the Muslim World was having an "Enlightened," or "Golden" Age, in part, because the Muslims adopted "modern" numbers from the Hindus as it was "easier" to do mathematics while the rest of Europe kept Roman Numerals (linked playlist with video).
GYp64 TIL Disney's Tangled is the 10th most expensive movie ever made, beating Avatar by over 20M dollars
v1eM8 TIL that there was a conspiracy theory that Jimi Hendrix faked his death and became Morgan Freeman
XQOE TIL Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory(2005).
GPY1 TIL more people have died drowning in molasses than died by coyote attacks.