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TIL that the band, The Rolling Stones, would never have been formed if Keith Richards and Mick Jagger hadn’t accidentally met at a train station in 1961. Richards struck up a conversation with Jagger about the blues records that he was carrying. The connection was instant and the rest is history.

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KO4jJ TIL about the Canadian Rangers, a 5,000 strong wing of the Canadian military reserves made up mostly of First Nation personnel. They provide a military presence in the most remote Canadian regions, act as guides and scouts for the Army, and until 2018 were still issued WWII vintage rifles.
v1Ze7 TIL prey animals like goats and sheep have horizontally elongated pupils to have panoramic vision while predators like foxes and domestic cats have vertically elongated pupils to judge distance while stalking prey.
0KPM TIL Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
Z8gbo TIL: Charles Darwin Ate Every Animal He Ever Studied!
7reRX TIL dogs will sneeze to tell other dogs that they’re playing, so that their rough playing doesn’t turn into a fight