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TIL that volcano snails are a thing

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OoG61 TIL that Vladimir Lenin’s perfectly preserved body is on display in Moscow. He died in 1924 and was born in 1870, making his body 147 years old.
oB0yR TIL that almost all mammals except for primates are red-green colourblind. This is because all living mammals descend from a small shrew-like species that lived in burrows and mostly came out at night, which had partially lost its sense of vision due to its dark habitat
DQDar TIL the lyrics of the closing song from the movie 'Gladiator' are in a made-up language
e08gJ TIL in Texas schools students pledge allegiance to the Texas flag in addition to the United States flag
8NeZ TIL That analysis of dog mitochondrial DNA suggests that all dogs can be traced back to the domestication of wolves 11,000 to 16,000 years ago in South West China.