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TIL There are only 22 countries in the world that England hasn’t invaded

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rNkYM TIL Nancy Kulp (Ms Hathaway on "The Beverly Hillbillies") ran for Congress in 1984 to represent PA-09. Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett, recorded an attack ad against her for being too liberal, leading to a rift that only ended years later when Kulp was dying from cancer.
neloY TIL that some dinosaurs, due to their enormous size, would have very lightweight bones supported by systems of air sacs. These features were precursors to adaptations that would eventually allow for avian flight.
9YyOB TIL that in 1995 NASA updated an original study by Peter N Witt on the effects of various drugs on spiders and found similar results.
MemJb TIL that a combination of “fernet and cola is so popular in Argentina that the country consumes more than 75 percent of all fernet produced globally
eEO4 TIL that the shredded remains of birds that get sucked into jet turbines is called “snarge”.