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TIL Rats laugh when tickled

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WGwX TIL redheads are called “rangas” in Australia, ranga being short for “orangutang”.
vPYyr TIL ancient writers thought geese and ocean barnacles were the same creature
QNJG6 TIL of the documentary: Born Rich, made by Jamie Johnson (great-grandson to the founder of Johnson & Johnson) about the experiences of those who were born into the ultra-wealthy. For producing and releasing the film, Jamie was deemed by his peers to be a "traitor to his class".
78LPr Today I learned that, 29 years after the end of World War 2, a Japanese man named Teruo Nakamura continued to secretly fight on for Japan on an Indonesian Island
aw4kb TIL bats and dolphins evolved echolocation in the same way (down to the molécular level). An analysis revealed that 200 genes had independently changed in the same ways. This is an extreme example of convergent evolution.