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TIL that Charles Darwin's iconic Tree of Life sketch is missing presumed stolen from Cambridge University Library.

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xVmV1 TIL the average wind speed in Denmark is 7.6 metres per second, making it the world’s largest wind turbine exporter.
YplKZ TIL if you were a botanist who wanted to publish about a new plant, you had to write the diagnosis (its distinguishing characteristics) in LATIN. This requirement was only repealed in 2011.
7177 TIL Glenn Howerton, of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, was born in Japan, is the son of a decorated fighter pilot, is fluent in Mandarin, Korean, French, Spanish and can speak some German and Farsi, and considered studying Aerospace Engineering at Auburn before pursuing acting
R5rrw TIL that in the 1880s, the Cape Town-Port Elizabeth railway service formally employed a baboon as an assistant railway signalman for 9 years. He was paid 20 cents per day and half a bottle of beer per week.
VReD TIL a bass player for Iggy & The Stooges enlisted in the US army, he wanted to go to Vietnam due to the cheap heroin available there.