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TIL that in 2002, a researcher found that the average 8-year-old British child could identify 80% of Pokémon, but only 50% of common wildlife species

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l4xr TIL there was a US pilot of “The IT Crowd” and Moss was played by the same actor
lomrG TIL 12th US president Zachary Taylor died from eating too many cherries and milk at a holiday celebration
167Md TIL Equatorial Guinea built a complex of 52 identical mansions with helipads, one for every African leader attending the week-long African Union summit. The houses are all empty
KOoKR TIL that there is an official Goonies Day every year on June 7 in Astoria, Oregon. The majority of the film Goonies was filmed in Astoria and June 7th is the day the movie was released in 1985.
xQMD TIL that Togo the sled dog, who was part of the same mission to bring medicine to Nome, Alaska as the famous Balto, actually did the lion’s share of the work. Balto ran the last 55-miles of the journey, while Togo’s journey was the longest by 200 miles.