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TIL Astrology is accepted as a science in India. The Supreme Court has confirmed this, and courses in Astrology are offered by multiple colleges.

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OoWma TIL Money, in fact, can buy happiness. A Harvard study showed more money = more happiness, esp millionaires who are self-made.
x6Pmg TIL (while attempting to find the correct plural of "platypus") the correct Latin plural of Octopus, Platypus, and Rhinoceros are Octopodes, Platypodes, and Rhinocerotes (3rd declension). In this short posted video, "Hippopotami", "Brontosauroi", and "Walrussen" are also discussed.
8ebQV TIL that the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, a small songbird from Hawaii, went extinct in 1987. The last male was recorded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, singing a mating call and waiting for a mate that would never come. He died alone, and his voice is all that remains.
LknxP TIL the disease malaria gets its name from the Mediaeval Italian words “mala aria,” meaning “bad air”
lvw5 TIL There is a rare Japanese game on the PS1 called LSD: Dream Emulator