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TIL that Stephen Colbert, an avid Lord of the Rings fan, is set to make a cameo appearance in an upcoming Hobbit film

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dDxo8 TIL: Dodi Fayed, who was dating Princess Diana and died in the same crash, was cousins with Jamal Khashoggi the journalist who was murdered
e0bgE TIL "Mayday" comes from the French word "M'aidez" meaning "Help Me"
a9PA TIL It’s cheaper to rent in Barcelona and FLY to London everyday than it is to rent in london
VMlXQ TIL about the "sponge cities" in China. The scheme means that Wuhan and other areas in the scheme will have 20% of their urban land include "sponge features" (such as rain gardens and wetlands) by 2020 with an aim of retaining 70% of storm and flood water.
KO0bE TIL that birds not only can see in Ultraviolet, but that their feathers have patterns which can only be seen in UV. This explains why the males and females of certain species may look the same to us, but in reality, are very different in eachother’s eyes.