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TIL that the closest living relative of the pronghorn (also known as the American antelope) is actually a giraffe

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wnp8 TIL from my wife’s Star Trek calendar that the actor James Doohan (Scotty) had a missing right middle finger, which he lost in the WWII invasion of Normandy. Careful camera work meant it was rarely visible in the TV series.
yVXbX TIL the 9th of November is called Schicksalstag in Germany, because multiple historically very important events happened on that day such as the november revolution 1918, the Hitler Putsch in 1925, the Kristallnacht in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
KOjBE TIL one may eat breakfast, lunch or dinner in the sky in Dubai while suspended 50 meters in the air.
pjvG TIL That the Vatican tried to keep The Miserere for itself by forbidding any publications or copies from being made. Plan worked for over 100 years until a 14 year old Mozart came along and reproduced it faithfully from memory.
BgRYd TIL Bryan Adams co-wrote two songs for KISS that appear on their "Creatures of the Night" album (1982). Adams shares credit with Canadian songwriter Jim Vallance and Gene Simmons for the songs "War Machine" and "Rock and Roll Hell."