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TIL the "spots" on a giraffe are actually the yellow part
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TIL Japanese scientists took some cherry tree seeds to space for 6 months. When returned to earth and planted, the trees first flowered 6 years earlier than expected with unfamiliar flowers. Scientists still don’t know why.
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TIL that Pirates of the Caribbean as a franchise long predates the 2003 film. There are several amusement rides by that name in several different Disney parks, the first of which opened way back in 1967.
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TIL of Charles Krauthammer who was paralyzed from a diving accident in his first year of medical school at Harvard. He went on to graduate & become a psychiatrist. He later became a speechwriter for Vice President Walter Mondale & later won the Pulitzer Prize for his Washington Post column
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TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical, federally registered political party in Canada, received 1.01% of the popular vote in the 1980 federal election campaigning to repeal the law of gravity and provide higher education by building taller schools, among other promises.
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TIL that Subway chicken was DNA tested by a Canadian firm and was found to only contain about 50% chicken, with much of the rest being soy filler.