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TIL: Scientists in India found a new species of pit vipers and named it after Salazar Slytherin. The new species is called Salazar’s spit viper.

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gMK19 TIL that the Boids algorithm, an artificial life simulator, can be used to predict flocking behavior in birds based on three primary rules of separation, alignment, and cohesion.
vmx7 TIL the Nazi ideology of aggressive land expansion (Lebensraum) was partly based on the idea of American Manifest Destiny.
XWbk TIL Australian-born American actor Errol Flynn & Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard were close friends. According to Hubbard’s son, the two were involved in illegal activities together including drug smuggling and a mutual affinity for underage girls
EgYYd TIL that comic book writer and huge Superman fan Mark Millar owns the stuffed remains of the white cat "Frisky" that Superman rescues out of a tree in the classic 1978 film.
4k9Yw TIL: There are 53 "Thankful" villages in the UK where all their members of the armed forces survived WW1. There are 14 which are "Doubly Thankful" having also lost no-one in WW2.