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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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kLx1 TIL Raisin Bran Crunch has 20g of sugar per cup, more than Frosted Flakes, Lucky Charms, Trix, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Reese’s Puffs, Cocoa Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Fruity Pebbles and many others.
dDaZ8 TIL: There is 12,000 year old rock art in the middle of the Sahara Desert, created by humans when the Sahara was still green and full of life. Some historians believe the human experience of watching the Sahara dry up still exists today as the story of the Garden of Eden
J1KZv TIL the Missouri River, not the Mississippi, is actually the longest river in America
ADXBB TIL that while in Sharon Springs, Theodore Roosevelt was approached by a 12-year-old girl who asked if he would like to have a badger. Expecting to humor her, he agreed, and the girl came back with a 2-week-old badger. President Roosevelt named him Josiah and he became one of the presidential pets.
OoB91 TIL that there is a disaster scenario where North Korea starts blasting satellites out of the air just out of spite, ruining communications for the entire world