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TIL that at Guantanamo Bay, there is an overabundance of a type of rodent called a "banana rat" because their poops look like little bananas.

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a8Y6N TIL that butterfly pea flowers, used as ornamental plants and to colour gins like Empress 1908, is scientifically named Clitoria ternatea because it resembles a human vulva.
a8e0J TIL that The Royal Game of Ur is the oldest known board game in the world. The oldest set found is of Ancient Sumerian from the 3rd millennium BC. It was popular for several thousand years, and for good reason. Here is the game explained by Dr. Irving Finkel (it actually looks fun)
0nXM TIL there was a Russian guy who would dig up young girls’ graves, mummify bodies, and dress them up at his home. His parents thought they were just plain dolls.
P15gJ TIL Sony implemented a marketing strategy for their Walkman by hiring young adults to walk around in public wearing a Walkman, offering intrigued passers-by the opportunity to test out the product.
xAY0 TIL In 2012, A women pushed a man onto subway tracks and killing him because “He looked Muslim” and wanted to take revenge on 9/11