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TIL about the Lilliput effect: after a major extinction event, the animal species that survive tend to get smaller.

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7rGDx TIL when Spider-man married Mary Jane in 1987, Marvel held a public wedding featuring actors dressed like the characters and Stan Lee officiated the wedding ceremony
eJEL TIL that most energy drinks contain Taurine. The same amino acid that cats require in the diet to prevent them from going blind.
ZM7Y TIL the letters “ough” can be pronounced 9 different ways as shown in this sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
Z8Dgv TIL members of Lewis & Clark's expedition took mercury-bearing pills to "treat" constipation and other conditions, and thus left mercury deposits wherever they dug their latrines. These mercury signals have been used to pinpoint some of the 600 camps on the voyage.
8Q6V TIL that in WWII, Warner Bros. assisted the U.S. military in covering Santa Monica airport and other potential bombing targets with elaborate 3D camouflage that looked like suburban streets.