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TIL that the biggest butterfly in the world has a 31cm wingspan. It belongs to the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly, which you can find in the forests of the Oro Province, in the east of Papua New Guinea.

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QN489 TIL that Nazi Field Marshal Erhard Milch, after being asked about his opinion on concentration camp atrocities, was beaten by Brigadier General Derek Mills-Roberts with his own Marshal's baton, and eventually a champagne bottle. He ultimately suffered from severe fractures to his skull.
LwJQ TIL that in 1958 a man survived a mega-tsunami that had a run up height of 525m (1722 ft) because his fishing boat went right over it. He said he was looking down over the surrounding trees. This is the biggest tsunami on historic record by a looong way.
vVp7 TIL that cabbage, kale, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli, Chinese cabbage and savoy are all the same species of plant, but have been selectively bred so much that they barely resemble the same genus, let alone the same species
R7mw4 TIL in 1954 the obninsk nuclear power plant near Moscow was connected to the electrical grid, becoming the world's first nuclear power plant to produce electricity industrially.
xVDm1 TIL that Sperm whales regularly hunt and kill giant squid, resulting in epic battles between the two giant animals. We know this (despite the fact it has never been seen or filmed) due to scars on the heads of sperm whales