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TIL that the scientific name (Genus and species) for the Boa Constrictor is Boa constrictor.

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YpW1x TIL about the little arrow on the side of the petrol bowser picture on my dashboard. It tells you which side of your car has the fuel filler.
4JrX TIL that for staring in the 1988 comedy film Twins, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito both agreed to take 20% of the film’s box office take instead of their usual salaries. This resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their movie careers.
1X78 TIL Neptune was the first planet to get its existence predicted by calculations before it was actually seen by a telescope.
xovb TIL the term ‘love’ in tennis originated from the French word l'oeuf, meaning egg. The zero looks like an egg, l'oeuf, which sounds very much like 'love’.
M0Pa TIL that Irish writer George Bernard Shaw had a rotating office that he could turn to face the sun in the winter and give himself more shade in the summer.