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TIL - Catfish (Siluriformes) are the vertebrate order with the largest number of venomous species

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9Yl6X TIL that there is a statue of Babe Ruth standing in the Sendai Zoo in Japan. It was on that very spot – considered sacred by some – where the great Yankees slugger’s first home run in Japan landed.
4Nd6 TIL That a company called The SeaStead Institute is trying to establish permanent autonomous ocean communities to enable social, political and legal system experiments. They plan on launching their first island 2014 and had recieved 500 000 dollar donation by a Co founder of PayPal
j6XbX TIL the California Avocado Association renamed the Alligator Pear to Avocado in 1915 to better appeal to consumers
JYgbV TIL 'Home Alone’ was released in France as ‘Mum, I Missed the Plane’, and ‘Home Alone 2’ as ‘Mum, I Missed the Plane Again and This Time I Am Lost in New York’
dZj TIL Patrick Stewart will be running the Olympic torch through my home town.