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TIL the phrase “The First World War” was used as early as 1918, by a journalist who felt it would not be the last.

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AD5Qo TIL the Philippine eagle is the only bird of prey with blue-grey eyes
EgdEW TIL about the popular myth of the dinosaur "butt brain" or "hind brain", a second brain located near the hips that was supposed to control the movement of the legs and tail
W89d TIL there’s a zipper truck on the Golden Gate Bridge that shifts the median from one lane to another to increase traffic flow in either direction.
d8JZB TIL there is an animal called "musk deer", and its a deer with sabretooth
M4DB TIL Leif Erikson, a Viking, and the first known European explorer of North America, called the large landmass south of Newfoundland as ‘Irland it Mikla’ or 'Greater Ireland’.