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TIL: Platypus, currently, can only be found outside of Australia at San Diego Zoo.

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jNEeR TIL that Chevron and General Motors bought the patents for NiMH car batteries and used them to block electric vehicle development in the 90s and 00s
X0AQR TIL: Baseballs used in MLB have been rubbed with a special mud from a secret river in New Jersey for over 75 years to comply with a rule that all baseballs must be "properly rubbed so that the gloss is removed".
m17Av TIL Darryl Boyd was framed at 16 for a 1976 murder, prosecutors hid 19+ pieces of evidence proving his innocence. He lost 28 years in prison, exonerated in 2021, but died of cancer in 2025 before his estate won a record $80 million (largest US wrongful conviction verdict ever) against Erie County.
49YR TIL the term “limelight” originated because when heated to 2,400 °C, calcium oxide (quicklime) emits a strong glow. Before electricity this was how theaters lit the stage.
N7XXb TIL when The Human Centipede was released, TV3 news in New Zealand interviewed a doctor if the human centipede was medically possible.