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TIL squirrels are opportunistic predators, and will eat birds

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4kEjX TIL the first message on the internet was “lo” (as in, “lo and behold”) sent on October 29, 1969
98mB TIL that the top hat was so controversial that, when a man first wore it out in public in 1797, he was arrested for disturbing the peace.
JYZkv TIL - Disney auditioned cars for the role of Herbie in the 1968 Love Bug film. Disney set up a casting call for cars, including Toyotas, a TVR, Volvos, an MG and a pearl white Volkswagen Beetle. The Beetle was chosen as it was the only one that elicited the crew to reach out and pet it.
e0Kx5 TIL Chris Morris, from the IT Crowd, has been fired from many jobs due to the many pranks he has pulled during his radio career, including filling one of the radio booths with helium, causing the newsreader to report the news in an extremely high-pitched voice.
P6PO TIL beavers wear their teeth down as much as a millimeter per day, but grow continuously at a rate 10x faster than human fingernails.