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TIL that platypus milk contains a milk protein that is has not been identified in any other animal . The protein was named 'Shirley Temple' in tribute to the former child-actor’s distinctive curly hair. It also has unique antibacterial properties and is undergoing research for fighting superbugs.

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v19ar TIL that former Waffen-SS soldiers guarded Nazi War Criminals during the Nuremburg Tribunal. This was because the soldiers were Latvian conscripts and did not choose to become soldiers out of their own free will, thus clearing their names and allowing their skills to continue to be put to use.
9wAG6 TIL In 1953, US Air Defense Command tracked a UAP in restricted airspace over Lake Superior. A Northrop F-89C Scorpion was scrambled to intercept the UAP. The F-89 simply vanished from radar once it engaged with the UAP and never returned. Zero of the wreckage or pilots' remains were ever recovered.
MevMK TIL Scarlett Johansson is currently the world's highest-paid actress since 2018. She also has no active social media accounts as she stated "she does not see the need to continuously share details of her everyday life" during an interview with Interview magazine in 2011.
6KeQ TIL Theodore Roosevelt boxed regularly during his presidency until he was hit so hard he went blind in one eye.
vvYD TIL Tom Hardy impressed the real Charles Bronson so much with his preparations for his role as him in the Bronson movie that Charles shaved off his trademark mustache so that Tom could wear it as a loose mustache in the movie.