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TIL: the term “sniper” comes from how hard it is to shoot the snipe bird

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GANr4 TIL that in 2014 planning permission was granted to turn a disused Victorian building in London’s East End into a “Museum of Women’s History”. Locals were shocked the next year when the museum was unveiled as the “Jack the Ripper Museum”, leading to numerous protests
ZVbp TIL that a sheep’s wool never stops growing and it can actually roll over on its back from the weight and die of starvation
4XXx5 Taking a look at the disease in greenery
0v1y TIL that Amazon owns IMDB and is used to sell their movies.
D1V4v TIL of the Isdal Woman, who was found dead in Isdalen, Norway 1970. An autopsy revealed she had been poisoned with phenobarbital and carbon monoxide. Her death remains a mystery