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TIL Two headed dolphins are rare, but real.

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ADkgn TIL Giraffe bread is the exact same thing as Tiger bread. Sainsbury’s renamed it to Giraffe bread after receiving a letter from a 3 y/o girl saying it looked more like giraffe.
OLa1 TIL of Santa Muerte, a female skeletal figure primarily worshipped in Mexico. Among many other things, she’s the patron saint of: Homosexuals, Love, Police Officers, Drug Dealers, Smugglers, Mariachi Players and Bicycle Messengers.
PYMkg TIL during the Harvey Casino Bombing, one of the most sophisticated bombs the FBI has ever encountered, visitors on holiday at neighboring casinos made bets on “when/if the bomb would go off” and these casinos accepted the bets during the event.
rNRw0 TIL that before exponential notation was invented, mathematicians used words to represent exponents. For instance, 2^8 had the name Zenzizenzizenzic, the word with the most Z's in the English language, which means "square of squares squaredly".
PgEJ TIL there is a 390 acre tract of of virgin-old growth forest in central Pennsylvania. It features ancient hemlock trees and 20-foot rhododendrons. This area was conserved because of a land dispute between logging companies in the 1900’s. Pic’s in the comments.