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TIL that chickens have a three digit hand and a tail while in embryo and genes trigger their re-absorption. Scientists are trying to isolate and deactivate these to create a chickenosaurus.

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d8Ge8 TIL that prairie dogs have one of, if not THE most complicated language in the animal kingdom outside of humans, even describing discusses, size, and color of potential predators.
vllj TIL mules and donkeys kill most predators, and are used to protect livestock
loAQ1 TIL when in the mid-1920s Italian carmaker Diatto ceased its collaboration with engineer Alfieri Maserati, Mr. Maserati still had an unrealized design for a racecar. He decided to build that car in his family workshop, thus starting the history of the car brand Maserati.
OGe96 TIL Getting Tattoos in South Korea is Considered a Medical Procedure Done Only by Doctors
Pg6V TIL during World War 2 the Japanese government had a national policy to receive Jewish refugees. Even Hideki Tojo rejected Nazi protests to this policy.