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TIL: The U.S. House formally recognizes over 400 caucuses which are governed by House Rules. The list includes the Video Game and E-sports Caucus, the Volleyball Caucus, the Fragrance Caucus, the Baseball Caucus and the Bourbon Caucus.

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1aDNV TIL that birds in general and crows (because they’re black to us) have something called Ultraviolet Vision that makes them colorful to each other
rRrRW TIL Japanese Koi are some of the most expensive fish in the world with some of the rarest selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fish are raised in large groups in the Japanese hills where breeders can have over ten thousand fish from the 120 recognized varieties.
WAyX TIL over 8 million horses died in WW1. Of those who survived, most were sent to Belgian butchers, being regarded as unfit for any other purpose.
61Pw TIL a 96-year old lady from Australia knitted over 1000 tiny sweaters for penguins to protect them from oil spills.
xEL5 TIL John Carter spent 81 years in development hell, more than any other film. Initially developed in 1931, it was finally produced by Disney in 2012…only to bomb at the box office.