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TIL that’s rats can laugh. It’s inaudible to humans at 50kHz.

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l7MdA TIL China built bootleg versions of many European cities, such as Paris (Tianducheng)
wonE6 TIL The Most Controversial Shirt in Rock History led to 22 years of arrests and public outrage. Extreme-metal band Cradle of Filth released the shirt in 1993. It bears the image of a masturbating nun on the front with the phrase “Vestal masturbation,” and the words “Jesus is a cunt on the back.
jNprE TIL of a Fake Shemp, a disguised actor that is meant to replace another actor in a film. It's named after Joe Palma standing in for Shemp Howard in the last four Three Stooges shorts after Howard's death.
d8bKE TIL that the earliest known example of telephone technology in the Western Hemisphere was created 1,200 to 1,400 years ago by the Chimu people of Peru. It's comprised of two gourds connected by a 75-foot cotton-twine cord, similar to the soup-can phones children make today. It's in the Smithsonian.
J1ymm TIL of the Ipperwash Crisis, a land dispute between the Ojibway band and the Ontario government. One protestor was killed but ultimately led to the return of the land to the First Nation.