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TIL Prairie Dogs Are Squirrels

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loaaa TIL the national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
KYNm6 TIL Norway knighted a king penguin, Sir Nils Olav III, colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard and baron of the Bouvet Islands
BdnD TIL In 1957 Henry Molaison had his hippocampus and amygdala surgically removed due to epilepsy, after the surgery he was unable to form any new memories and could not recall any past memories. He was institutionalized for research and essentially was “stuck in time”.
d8xpB TIL The Blues Brothers with John Belushi and Dan Akroyd toured as a real band for some times, despite starting as a joke sketch on Saturday Night Live. The band opened up for the Grateful Dead in 1978.
xV7Jb TIL when deaf people with schizophrenia 'hear voices', they hallucinate hands communicating using sign language