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TIL about Archaeoindris, a lemur that could reach the size of a gorilla and who was still around when the first humans arrived to Madagascar

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N7dE TIL that in 1979 an LA man received thousands of parking tickets due to DMV computers matching tickets for cars without plates to his custom “NO PLATE” license plate.
WndY TIL that 71% of Americans are “fairly certain” that Alexander Hamilton is among their nation’s past presidents. This confidence in Hamilton having been president is higher than for six actual presidents.
Y7x4x TIL a hearing test for human babies was developed based on a study on how owls hear. The pupils in both owls and humans dilate when a new sound is heard
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