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TIL that President Obamas Secret Service codename is Renegade

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XEg6r TIL: Worm-like amphibians called caecilians will eat the fatty skin of their mothers shortly after birth
kOwj4 TIL before 2013, Pizza Hut was the largest consumer of kale; They only used it as a decoration for their salad bar.
Vrvk TIL that the Nazi’s were staunch animal rights activists with major efforts to limit hunting and general animal cruelty. Göring, in particular, was a professed animal lover who proclaimed bans on both vivisection(Nazi Germany was the first country in the world to do so) and the shoeing of horses.
M7AvW TIL Star-Planetary Systems are named after the name of their Star, our star's name is Sol. That's why our system is called the Solar System. Our nearest neighbouring star is Proxima Centauri and its system is called the Proxima Centauri System. "Solar System" is not a generic/categorical name.
VMAB8 TIL In Greek mythology, Talos was a giant automaton made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily. (One of the earliest known interpretations of artificially made beings in literatures)