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TIL: The consensus is that octopuses are most likely sentient.

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5Vxr9 TIL the amount of time between the first settlement of New Zealand by the indigenous Māori and their first contact with Europeans is shorter than the time between their first contact with Europeans and the present day. New Zealand was unoccupied by humans until 1320.
rLP0 TIL mail was delivered 12 times a day in Victorian London, with the first delivery starting ~7:30AM and the last one at ~7:30PM. Most Victorians were highly concerned of “return of post” (requesting immediate response) and they often complained if a letter didn’t arrive in a couple of hours.
ADjag TIL that Medieval mapmakers supposedly inscribed the phrase “Here Be Dragons” on maps showing unknown regions of the world. Unfortunately, however, it appears that, apart from an inscription on a single, 16th-century globe, this claim is unfounded.
QJvAe TIL that birds have a bellybutton.
OGGv7 TIL that Eddie Money didn’t like the demo of “Take me home tonight“ but knew he had to persuade Ronnie Spector to do the catch line of “be my baby“ from her 1963 hit. The success of their song helped revive his career and encouraged her to resume hers.