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TIL the Honey Badger will literally eat just about anything, not only that but their jaws are strong enough to chomp through tortoise shells. They’re fiercely intelligent and have learned how to use tools

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NDG6 TIL a registry system in post-war England allowed clowns to copyright their makeup designs against imitators by painting them onto eggs.
e4aE TIL A Cat Has Been The Elected Mayor of an Alaska Town For 15 Years.
MAW8 TIL the Apollo missions used condom-like pouches for urine collection. It came in three sizes, which the astronauts called “extra large”, “immense” and “unbelievable”.
VMge4 TIL: We know how ancient Sanskrit sounded because in the fifth century BCE, the Indian grammarian Panini produced a complete grammar of the language, including how all sounds are pronounced. The complexity of his linguistic analysis wasn't replicated until the 20th century.
ZYNY TIL Private-enterprise prisons have recognized that providing inmates with cable television can be a more economical method to keep them quiet and subdued than it would be to hire more guards