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TIL the scientific name for the Secretary Bird is Sagittarius Serpentarius! 
The Saudi Arabian EAS tone during the gulf war is the intro from Escape From the Atmosphere by Mannheim Steamroller, which uses the same tone as the intro to Leonore Overture No. 3 Op. 72b by Beethoven.
The album which features Escape From the Atmosphere, Fresh Aire V, is inspired by Johannes Kepler’s novel Somnium, which is considered one of the first works of science fiction. I kinda wanna read it.
The album which features Escape From the Atmosphere, Fresh Aire V, is inspired by Johannes Kepler’s novel Somnium, which is considered one of the first works of science fiction. I kinda wanna read it.
This is probably definitely a useless fact but you know when you use a Boo in battle in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe you turn invisible? If you happen to be in first with the crown, your character still has a visible crown and you can see a floating crown driving around the course?? I didn't know the crown was still visible when you used a Boo.
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TIL that King Dedede is basically just like if Wario was in a Kirby game lmaooo, the resemblance is uncanny 
Today I learned that in all of TBT trading history (since 2013 iinm) 562 thousand reviews have been left and less that 0.3% are not positive. While this obviously wont be indicative of ALL trades on here it still paints a lovely picture.
1. Starfish have eyes on the ends of their arms.
2. In the 20s, someone had the idea to dam up a bunch of the mediterranean sea to expose more land around the coastlines. It was called Atlantropa.
2. In the 20s, someone had the idea to dam up a bunch of the mediterranean sea to expose more land around the coastlines. It was called Atlantropa.
Octopuses also have a brain in each tentacle! (I didn't learn this today but maybe this can be someone else's TIL)
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Okay, TIL that octopuses have arms, not tentacles.
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Futurama had an episode about that. Roseanne Barr cameoed as a virtual dictionary guide telling users definitions and parts of speech they were. The ending of the episode had her continuing the joke which was hilarious because the user looked up Futurama and her response was, “Definition: Gee I don’t know! You just watched it! Here’s a new word. Idiot. Part of Speech: Noun. Definition: You!”
I learned where Darwin, Australia is and that it’s fairly close to Timor Leste.
rocketspruggs
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There different kinds of Goliath beetles and they are part of the scarab family. They come from different parts of Africa. They like tree sap and rotten fruit but the younger ones eat plant matter, poo, and carcasses.
The brown one we have in ac and is my favorite beetle in ac. There are more variations than this, but this chart gets the idea across.
The albosignatus is the first I saw online that wasn't the one we are use to in ac.
These others are really cool too!
Also learned that big beetles don't live longer than 3 months, so people who keep big beetles as pets are basically people who breed them.
The brown one we have in ac and is my favorite beetle in ac. There are more variations than this, but this chart gets the idea across.
The albosignatus is the first I saw online that wasn't the one we are use to in ac.
These others are really cool too!
Also learned that big beetles don't live longer than 3 months, so people who keep big beetles as pets are basically people who breed them.
Yesterday I was joking with my boyfriend that since mosquitos seem to highly favor my blood, that I could be in Siberia and they would still find me. And then, out of complete coincidence, I found out that there are swarms of them in Siberia.
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