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TIL beetles make up roughly 25% of all life on planet earth

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WyDB TIL that Tycho Brahe had a pet dwarf as well as a domesticated elk.
nWJOb TIL German actor Klaus Kinski was so difficult to work with filming the 1986 movie "Crawlspace" the director later made a short documentary called "Please Kill Mr. Kinski" about the whole mess, claiming Kinski received death threats from the crew and producers over his antics on set.
dDjdZ TIL Astronauts' bones shed weight in Space, losing as much as 1.5% of their mineral density each month, and recover most of it back on Earth. Interestingly, astronauts with permanent mineral density loss don't seem to experience more bone fractures than normal
5Ywj8 TIL the longest continuously operating university in the Americas is in Peru. The National University of San Marcos is 468 years old, founded in 1551 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
DQ4br TIL Einstein used to make mistakes in his income returns, but tax authorities did not raise issues with him