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TIL The Beatles cartoon was a historical milestone, as it was the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.

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nWNY9 TIL African elephants can exchange information by emitting low-frequency sounds that travel dozens of miles under the ground on the savanna. The sound waves come from the animals' huge vocal cords, and distant elephants “hear” the signals with their highly sensitive feet.
GY6o5 TIL Harry Houdini Piloted the First Airplane That Flew Over Australia
RG99 TIL that the village of Giethoorn in the Netherlands has no roads. People get around on foot or via one of the village’s many canals
d8K4j TIL Apple seeds do not produce the same apples as their parent. To keep the same flavor, apple trees must be grafted. Every Honeycrisp apple you have ever eaten has come from the same tree, just split apart.
OoND7 TIL that the PS2 or the PlayStation 2, which was released on March 4, 2000, remains the best-selling gaming console of all time, which had over 155 million units sold