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TIL the herbivorous/omnivorous equivalent of a scavenger is a detritivore

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xVrb5 TIL The word "Phony" comes from the pirate slang word "Fawney," which means "fake gold rings"
l7MRK TIL that Claudia Christian (Babylon 5) was one of the first TV actors in the industry to be shown how computers were being used to generate visual FX in that new field of the 1990's.
GYn5g TIL That in 1979, Australia Fined NASA $400 for littering after after debris from a The spacecraft "Skylab" landed in Western Australia. NASA never paid. 30 years later a Californian radio DJ raised funds from his listeners and paid NASA’s bill.
mrbx TIL That Multimillionaire Forrest Fenn has hidden a treasure worth in between 1 million and 3 million in the Rocky Mountains. To find it, you must solve his riddle. So far, no one has found it.
wL0mW TIL Arthur Boycott, NOT the same namesake as the term "boycott", borrowed a library book that was not returned for 120 years when his granddaughter returned it