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TIL that platypuses milk oozes from the surface of their skin; it also contains powerful antibacterial proteins

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wLB5W TIL that in 1985, while taking a break from the Geneva Summit, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to ally with one another if aliens attacked
5B1R TIL the world’s first glow-in-the-dark bike path, with swirling patterns inspired by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh’s famous ‘Starry Night’ painting, is open and free to the public in Holland.
P6Aw TIL the motto on the United Kingdom’s coat of arms is in French
nWJjY TIL: In 19th Century America, free college was the norm across the entire United States. It wasn’t until as late as the mid 1960s in some area that public universities began charging regularly for degrees
VMZjG TIL: The 'secret' nuclear missile launch code during the Cold War was '00000000'