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TIL Linnaeus included in his classification of all living beings the class of Animalia Paradoxa, which are animals that are clearly made-up, such as the phoenix, the unicorn, and the pelican

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7rPLZ TIL that Students in Finland rank far higher academically than US students despite going to school only half as long, having little homework and no standardized testing.
JoYl TIL that “Texas” is slang for ‘crazy’ in Norway
XNxr TIL that in 1941, the RAF dropped packages containing tea bags over the German occupied Netherlands. The packages were marked, “Holland will rise again… Keep your chins up.”
XEaPj TIL that the "I" and "O" of a power switch are internationally-recognized symbols for "ON" and "OFF" because they are the binary symbols representing ON (1) and OFF (0), decided by the IEC (International Electrotechnical Committee)
xDe0 TIL Amazon often knows what you will buy before you do, they have a patent for sending your package to your closest warehouse before you buy.