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TIL the long extinct Dodo derives its name from Dutch exlporers, which loosely translates to ‘Fat Ass’.

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Z8GPv TIL that the moon rises at different times depending on what phase it's in
yQNJM TIL that approximately 90% of all gunpowder used by the Patriots during the American Revolution was supplied by France
BrVLr TIL of the term "paraprosdokian" - a figure of speech in which the latter part of a phrase is surprising in a way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. An example would be Mitch Hedberg's famous one-liner "I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long."
nWeXo TIL that after Lance Armstrong was stripped of his wins, seven successive Tour de France races (1999-2005) were officially declared without winners because so many riders who finished behind Armstrong were also associated with doping offences.
woewY TIL the famous grand staircase of the Titanic has no known photos; and that the pictures that depict it are actually of the RMS Olympic's grand staircase, as they are hypothesized to be similar.