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TIL that hibernation is definitionally restricted to winter - extended dormancy during the summer is called "aestivation"

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VB4v0 TIL that in 2002, Australia won its first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal. It happened during the 1000m short track speed skating event, when over the course of the race all the competitors crashed, except for Australian Steven Bradbury.
jwpN TIL Bayer trademarked the name Heroin™, but lost the trademark in 1919 as part of the treaty of Versailles.
ebv5 TIL that David Prowse hasn’t yet received his residual checks for Return of The Jedi because according to Hollywood Accounting, the film hasn’t turned a profit
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G7k4 TIL There is a mythical animal from Asia called The Bonnacon that has curled horns and when startled sprays acidic dung