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TIL that koalas are not bears but marsupials

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d8vQ TIL that the earliest known surviving pair of cloth socks was designed for sandals.
gaVL TIL that hedgehogs used to get their heads stuck in McFlurry containers until McDonald’s changed them in 2006
ADdax TIL, Gropecunt Lane was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas
pGQb TIL that a single fire hydrant in San Francisco survived a massive earthquake in 1906 and aided fire fighters in saving the Mission district. In memory of the event, the hydrant was painted gold.