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TIL Samoa switch from driving on the right, to driving on the left in 2009

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VB7wk TIL platypuses only recently (geologically speaking) lost their teeth, with this change coinciding with the arrival of the rakali (water rat). These rodents outcompeted platypuses for hard-bodied prey, forcing platypuses to evolve dental pads and specialize in soft-bodied food instead.
VBXyD TIL that jet is a gemstone derived from wood compressed for long periods of time, much like coal. It's color is the source of the term "jet-black".
AD5jl TIL that nectarines are peaches without the fuzz...... I thought they were completely different fruits and i’m in shock
BgWy TIL that the character Prof. Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person, described as the “Napoleon of Crime”
J1Ajk TIL about Saint Patrick’s Battalion, a unit of Irish-American immigrants who fought for the Mexican Army in the the Mexican-American War