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TIL Godzilla is a part of the Marvel Universe and has even interacted with The Avengers

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AE5a TIL: Giraffes tongues are blue because when feeding, their tongues are frequently out of their mouths and exposed to sunlight, so the dark coloration serves to prevent them from getting sunburned.
VBZxG TIL for nearly a thousand years, the ancient world’s most popular and admired comedian was Menander of Athens. Ironically, his work was lost to history until 1952, when a single play was rediscovered in Egypt intact enough to be performed
BE6y TIL one of the key determinants as to whether a UK submarine launches a nuclear missile is if BBC Radio 4 is off air for four hours
JDkQ TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
j6nbQ TIL that after Hollywood screen icon and Swedish-born Ingrid Bergman’s scandalous affair with director Roberto Rossellini was uncovered, Senator Edwin C. Johnson declared on the Senate floor, “Under the law, no alien guilty of turpitude can set foot on American soil again.”