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TIL that Platypus DNA is a mixture of bird, reptilian, and mammal. They have no stomachs, have hips like a reptile, and have electrical receptors on their face like a shark that help them sense prey. They have no nipples because milk leaks out onto their fur which young lap straight off the body.

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R7Eol TIL that Ken Eto, the first American-Asian leader in the mafia, was shot 3 times in the head at close range. After the hitmen ran, he climbed out of the car, walked a few blocks over to the nearest pharmacy and politely asked for medical attention. He lived to 84.
oeML TIL a “dash” is 1/8 of a teaspoon, a “pinch” is 1/16 of a teaspoon, and a “smidgen” is 1/32 of a teaspoon.
grApL TIL it's okay to look directly at the total solar eclipse
W7rD9 TIL that Phoenix’s new baseball expansion team held a “name the team” contest in 1998 with “Scorpions” as the overwhelming winner, but the team’s owner ignored the results and chose Diamondbacks.
YpZ1A TIL that when the very famous mime Jean-Gaspard Duburau (creator of the modern Pierrot) was accused of murder in 1836, hundreds of Parisians came to the courthouse. Not for the trial itself but just to finally hear the voice of the mime.