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Til: The world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years

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yQbxJ TIL that hippos produce a natural antibacterial sunblock. The ‘sweat’ is made of a red pigment, which contains an antibiotic, and an orange pigment, which absorbs UV rays. These two pigments work together to protect the hippos from both bacterial infections and sun damage.
rR4Ow TIL Cyril of Alexandria claimed that “camel” is a Greek misspelling in the phrase “it’s easier for a camel to thread the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter heaven.” He claimed camel was actually “kamilos,” meaning rope.
w6aJ TIL there are 29 states in the USA where it is legal to fire someone for being gay
BJnr TIL: The music used in the ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’ anti-piracy advert is pirated
gM4EW TIL about Ōgon Batto (黄金 バット, or "Golden Bat"), a Japanese superhero who debuted in 1931, seven years before Superman and eight years before Batman. He is a being from Atlantis who was sent 10,000 years into the present day in order to fight evil with super strength, flight, and a rapier.