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TIL Blue Whales are the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth, being larger than all dinosaurs, and every single big sea animal from the past

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e9Gg TIL that the Sr-71 was so fast that if a missile was fired at it the evasion method was to outrun it.
MeRd8 TIL that Germany has launched a rocket with yeast on board into space. When the rocket returns the yeast will be used to make beer. Making it effectively space beer.
6agQ TIL that on religion French philosopher Voltaire had to say “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”
kn74 TIL that British actor Julian Glover has a role in the The Star Wars, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, James Bond, and Indiana Jones series…
awVBN TIL Charles Darwin was a member of The Glutton Club at Cambridge which met weekly to eat “birds and beasts, which were before unknown to the human palate”. He also regularly ate some of the animals he discovered in his travels including puma, armadillos, and his famous giant Galapagos tortoises.