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TIL that butterflies can remember things they learn as caterpillars.

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1an8O TIL that Monty Python’s Flying Circus was commissioned by David Attenborough, who was Director of Programs at BBC in 1969.
0dPdR TIL that FIFA restricts the Olympics men's soccer teams from including players 23 or older to prevent elite players from participating. Women's teams in the olympics have no such restrictions.
69dr7 TIL that the name “Sahara” is derived from the Arabic word for “desert”. The Sahara desert is the desert desert.
XQ4r TIL the “AR” in AR-15 is a brand name and stands for “ArmaLite Rifle” not “assault rifle”
m6xR TIL that grocery cashiers in the US are seldomly given chairs to sit during work (unlike in Europe).