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TIL “urchin” is an old name for hedgehog, which explains how sea urchins got their name

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ADB44 TIL the coelacanth, a prehistoric lobed-finned fish, was believed to have become extinct in the Late Cretaceous Era 66 millions years ago, until they were rediscovered extant off the coast of South Africa in 1938.
X9dr TIL: Mobile users in poor countries can access Wikipedia articles without data charges thanks to ‘Wikipedia Zero’. It’s currently operating in 34 countries.
ga47 TIL there is a lamp, powered solely by gravity; that’s only $5
Eg8yW TIL there's a microscopic ‘Louis Vuitton’ bag , less than 0.03 inches wide(0,07cm) that has been sold for $63,750 (£50,569) at auction.
R5064 TIL of the Dachau trials in Slovenia, where by show trials the communist regime accused 31 survivors of the Dachau concentration camp that they survived it because they were Nazi spies and worked with western powers against socialism. 10 were executed, 20 were sent to a forced labour camp