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TIL- Feeding bread to ducks is extremely harmful to their health and their ecosystem

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mgAP TIL a World’s Biggest Liar is an annual competition for telling lies, held in Cumbria, England. Politicians and lawyers are not allowed to enter the competition, because “they are judged to be too skilled at telling porkies”.
rNwMW TIL because of its slow rotation one "day" on mercury equals 59 earth days. It orbits the Sun in a 3:2 spin–orbit resonance, rotating on its axis exactly three times for every two revolutions around the Sun meaning a day lasts twice as long as its year.
VBLPB TIL of the Bolshevik Kamo, who was a master of disguise and carried out bank robberies to raise funds. After Kamo shot a spy and tore out their heart, Vladimir Lenin expressed a desire to never see Kamo ever again.
ne7LW TIL at least 15 species and genera have been named in Sir David Attenborough's honour. In 2018, a new species of phytoplankton was named after the Blue Planet documentary, which Attenborough narrated.
vPaOL TIL That the first FPS game to have mouse aiming was Bungie's Mac Exclusive - 'Marathon' (1994)