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TIL armadillos are known to kill and eat the infants of much larger animals like deer, sheep, and cows

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xVkJo TIL that the american flag "code" prohibits using the flag "for any advertising purpose" and also states that the flag "should not be embroidered, printed, or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use".
gMYXb TIL knights were actually more useful in raiding and guerrilla warfare than open field battles. They weren't the tanks of medieval times, but the special forces.
mx1Rx TIL that some famous Beatles songs had hilarious working titles. “Yesterday” was originally called Scrambled Eggs, “With a Little Help From My Friends” was originally called Bad Finger Boogie, etc
ADy7w TIL that in 2015, a German court ruled that men have a right to pee while standing up, rejecting a landlord's claim that his marble floor had been ruined and leading to the creation of a new German word, "Sitzpinkler" (those who pee while sitting down).
QJdPM TIL the term apophenia is the perception of connections and meaningfulness in unrelated things. Apophenia can be a normal phenomenon or an abnormal one, as in paranoid schizophrenia when the patient sees ominous patterns where there are none.