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TIL the Powerpuff Girls was originally called "Whoopass Stew"

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oRn5A TIL that shoebill birds stalk their prey patiently, in a slow and lurking fashion. While hunting, the shoebill strides very slowly and is frequently motionless. Shoebill are known to prey on baby crocodiles, amongst other species
86kP TIL The Pennsylvania Dutch aren’t actually Dutch, they are German. Upon arrival, they were saying “Deutsch” which is German for, well, German. Germany in the their native language is “Deutschland.” English speaking Americans just assumed they were saying “Dutch.”
0wpDj TIL when Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders made their famous charge up San Juan Heights, they were entirely on foot. The only one riding anything was Roosevelt. They'd left the horses in Florida.
XEbGP TIL that ferrets can die if they don't have sex.
wxgE TIL that after the death of Alexander the Great, the architect Dinocrates proposed to have the entirety of Mount Athos carved in the general’s likeness.