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TIL of Insular Dwarfism, the tendency for small species to become larger and large species to become smaller upon being moved to an island.

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1aZPD TIL that it is illegal to molest butterflies in Pacific Grove, California and there is a 500 dollar fine for breaking this law.
69MoJ TIL Fernando Pessoa was a Portuguese poet who had multiple personalities and different biographies, for example, he would sometimes claim to be a man called Ricardo Reis born in the city of Porto (while the real Pessoa was born in Lisbon).
YWVA TIL that Jimmy Carter de-regulated the beer market in 1979, opening back up to craft brewers in USA.
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KRGa TIL Cats were so revered in ancient Egypt that when a cat died, the household would go into mourning and would shave their eyebrows to signify their loss. However, when the temple of Bast was discovered in 1888, the mummified cats were ground up and sold as fertilizer.