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TIL scientists believe, that just like elephants and Woolly mammoths, that rhinos had a "Woolly" counterpart as well

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ppmA TIL that there exists a formally recognized type of deception where true statements are used to create a false impression, called “paltering”
xx15 TIL A WW2 era chemist dissolved gold nobel prize medals in aqua reggia to hide them from nazis. after the war he recovered the gold from the solution and the medals were recast for the winners
8ayB8 TIL the author of Bird Box is also in the Detroit indie rock band that performed the theme song for Shameless (TV show)
GYlZ1 TIL Goats have accents and if you take two goats from different parts of the world they won’t be able to understand each other
WPN9 TIL that, prior to 1883, the United States had hundreds of timezones.