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TIL baby porcupines are called porcupettes.

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XEAGj TIL that the state of Texas has the power to split itself into five new states, and has been able to do so for decades.
p8lmG TIL that on the planet Venus, named after the Roman goddess of love, the northern continent is called Ishtar Terra, after Ishtar - the Babylonian goddess of love, and the southern continent is called Aphrodite Terra, after Aphrodite - the Greek goddess of love
R7gDa TIL that Trevor Richards, a 16-year-old South African immigrant, got suspended from his Omaha, Nebraska school when he nominated himself for a “Distinguished African-American Student of the Year” prize. He was the only pupil in this school to have ever lived in Africa.
1408 TIL When Prince and Weird Al sat in the same row at an awards show, Prince’s management company demanded that Weird Al refrain from making eye contact
jNWJN TIL the Hell's Angels was formed as a motorcycle club in 1948 for WWII veterans to connect and create a community. Military surplus had made motorcycles inexpensive and young men were missing their fellow soldiers. They proudly named themselves after the fighter squadron, "Hell's Angels".