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TIL the band Devo used to perform as their own opening act: a Christian rock band called Dove, which is an anagram of Devo.

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epRJk TIL between 28 October 1918 and 9 November 1918, Germany was a parliamentary monarchy. The Chancellor was no longer reliant on the Emperor's confidence, but rather on the parliament, the Reichstag. The consent of the Reichstag was also needed to declare war and conclude peace, not just the Emperor's
Lnjv TIL In 1982, evolutionary biologist Daniel H. Janzen concluded that the avocado is an example of an ‘evolutionary anachronism’, a fruit adapted for ecological relationship with now-extinct large mammals.
QNlWd TIL baby bottles are at least 3000 years old. Egyptian pottery from 1500 BCE depicts women feeding babies with animal horns, and archaeological evidence shows that ceramic vessels were used as early as 1200 BCE to feed babies with animal milk.
VBNQm TIL that American rapper Flo Rida represented the nation of San Marino at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest
8aYpL TIL about Jon Postel, a researcher who in 1998 hijacked the internet to prove a point about it's poor security. Instead of being reprimanded he was appointed to run ICANN, the authority now responsible for overseeing domain naming and ensuring the internet's ongoing stability.