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TIL that echidnas lay eggs. They’re genetically close to platypus.

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89KZ TIL that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades represent King David, Clubs represent Alexander the Great, Hearts represent Charles VII, and Diamonds represent Julius Caesar. Same applies to Queens and Knaves also.
loPY7 TIL In Boston, 1777, during a shortage of coffee and sugar, a crowd of over 100 angry women marched to a wealthy merchant's warehouse, demanded the keys, and grabbed him by the neck when he refused. They opened the doors, loaded up carts with coffee, and left.
N7nOP TIL the word Turquoise actually comes from the French "turquois" meaning "Turkish", as the stones were traditionally imported from Turkey.
QNLY9 TIL Timothy Dalton was offered the role of James Bond several times. The first was for Live And Let Die, which he turned down because he believed he was too young (24). He also turned down For Your Eyes Only, and he came very close to being passed over for The Living Daylights.
LQko9 TIL that the biggest known underground city on earth was found in Mardin, Turkey