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TIL that, before his days as a supernatural detective, Norville “Shaggy” Rogers was once a track star and gymnast, “both of which hint at his uncanny skills in quickly evading villains.”

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DOlD TIL that we are in the middle of the sixth mass extinction called Holocene extinction
NVob TIL in 2008, the Dutch voted ‘Swaffelen’ as the word of the year. It means to smack one’s penis repeatedly against someone or something
4XVr6 TIL that Lego bricks from 1958 still interlock with those made in the current time. Each Lego piece must be manufactured to an exacting degree of precision. When two pieces are engaged they must fit firmly, yet be easily disassembled.
D1aVY TIL: Warren Buffett won a $1 million dollar bet against a hedge fund, he bet that a simple index fund (S&P 500) would outperform a collection of hedge funds over the course of 10 years. He donated the money to charity.
M7AVV TIL airports hire crews of "birdmen" that use methods like horns, sirens, lasers, and pyrotechnics to ward off large groups of birds. They even intentionally remove horizontal branches from nearby trees to discourage large migrations from settling near the runways.