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TIL that rabbits were first domesticated by French monks because they believed that newborn rabbits were fish and therefore their flesh could be eaten during Lent

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GYPA5 TIL A SYNANAGRAM is a word whose letters can be rearranged to form a different word with the same meaning—like ‘angered’ and ‘enraged’. ‘Twelve plus one’ is an anagram of ‘eleven plus two.’ and both add up to 13!
VDQD TIL That by using DNA, the Giant Panda which is often called a bear but has long been considered to belong to the racoon family, has been officialy placed in the Ursidae category with the 7 other Bear species.
grALy TIL about Ashrita Furman, who has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and currently holds over 200 records, thus holding the "Guinness world record for the most Guinness world records". He has been breaking records since 1979.
PY4oE TIL about Neil Horan, a laicized Irish Roman Catholic priest that tackled Vanderlei de Lima during the 2004 Athens Olympics marathon, arguably costing de Lima the gold medal.
wLmo1 TIL there is 1 recorded incident of a fish colliding with a plane. In 1987, a 737 which was taking off from Juneau, AK crossed paths with an eagle, which subsequently dropped its salmon onto the plane