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TIL that in ancient Egypt people with Dwarfism were worshipped, because it was believed they had special relationship with certain gods

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oBeyY TIL Domino's Pizza added human engine sound to silent electric scooter in the Netherlands
e0VnD TIL that the elephant shrew was named simply for it's long nose, but recent genetic evidence has found that it's more closely related to the elephant than it is to the shrew
KO6jE TIL that Australia was once home to a flightless bird known as the Demon-Duck of Doom
KYwaB TIL that 53 years ago from today was the first time data was sent through the internet. it was only the 2 digits "LO" because the network could not deal with so much information (AKA to complete the word "LOGIN") so it crushed after the first 2 digits.
ANavl TIL that the “SEGA” jingle at the beginning of Sonic the Hedgehog took up ~ 1/8th of the entire game’s storage size on the cartridge!