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TIL That modern tortoises’ ancestors moved out of the sea (fish to land reptiles), then back to the sea (early turtles), then back to the land again as tortoises.

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wMP7 TIL that Misha Collins (Castiel from “Supernatural”) is the founder and Guiness Book Of World Records recipient of “The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen” or the world’s largest scavenger hunt.
lJYA TIL in 2004 a man in Florida was convicted of 1st degree murder for lending his car to a friend.
e00RD TIL that as a group, inhabitants of different cities tend to have different personality profiles, and having a good fit between your own personality and your city's personality profile can significantly improve your self esteem.
5YVdr TIL That the iPhone (and smartphones in general) have negatively impacted the sale of gum because people are more consumed with their phones and are less inclined to impulse buy when waiting to checkout at a store.
VMaMm TIL the Vietnamese word for honey, "mật ông," is widely accepted by linguists to be related to the English word "mead," as the Vietnamese word came from Chinese, which in turn, got it from the now-extinct Indo-European Tocharian language once spoken in present-day NW China.