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TIL hoatzins are the only birds born with claws on their wings, a trait exhibited in dinosaurs like archaeopteryxes.

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epvwn TIL that in 1994 Porsche launched the C88, a prototype family car designed for the Chinese market in response to the Chinese government's invitation to international manufacturers for a new range of cars. It did not feature the Porsche badge and was designed with only one child seat.
oReWA TIL French bread is not from France
QJrJp TIL about Hemicorporectomy. The amputation of the entire lower body, including the pelvis, the genitals, the anus, the urinary system and rectum.
bNyE TIL that spiders use fluid movement/hydraulics to “push” their legs forward. They lack the muscles to do so normally and use fluid pressure to do so. This is also why their legs curl up when they die and if their body gets punctured, their body “deflates” and is rendered useless.
KYOn9 TIL after he was fired from his job as embassador, tortured and banished to his farm estate, N.Machiavelli would return home at night, change the dirty clothes he wore for field work and put on his ambassador outfit, just to study in his office, alone, due to how much he missed his job