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TIL there is a genus of fish whose scientific name literally translates to 'butt-face'

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6nxm TIL there is a restaurant in Germany that has been operating since 1135.
J1Xw8 TIL that Alexander the Great once put on a staged naval battle using his favorite food as their weapons, apples.
0gJp TIL in 1998, when a teacher smelled a ‘gas-like’ odor in her classroom she soon developed headache, nausea, short breath, and dizziness. Hours later, 80 kids and 19 staff were in the ER. However, no illness or poison was found in anyone; it was believed to be a mass psychogenic delusional illness.
GYx64 TIL about the giant wētā — an insect that looks like a cricket but is the size of a mouse.
loVA7 TIL Humans domesticated dogs before they developed written language