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TIL: Almost exclusively in Minnesota the game “Duck, Duck, Goose” is called “Duck, Duck, Grey Duck”

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N79WN TIL: After British colonists killed off the entirety of the Tasmanian Aboriginal natives in a matter of ~60 years, the last full-blooded Tasmanian male's body was dug up by a surgeon (who had already mutilated the corpse in the hospital previously) can take skin off the body to make a tobacco pouch.
Br4bb TIL that elephants have the ability to count by using its sense of smell. During a study, elephants showed that they can detect differences between various quantities of food using only their sense of smell.
g994 TIL Aztec king Montezuma drank 50 cups of chocolate a day
1aJOD TIL of Bill Anders, who achieved a Masters in nuclear engineering, logged 8,000 hours of flight time as a US Navy pilot, became 1 of the first 3 astronauts to orbit the moon, and served as Ambassador to Norway all before age 45. He then went on to become one of the most succesful CEO's of his time.
d8rmr TIL the famous Napoleon Dynamite dance scene was spontaneously improvised at the last moment when the producers had no money left and only 10.5 minutes of film roll remaining.