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TIL A zoo in Japan once spent four years trying to mate a pair of hyenas before realizing they were both males, due to how similar a female pseudo penis is to a real one.

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wL956 TIL axolotl are a population of larval tiger salamanders that mutated the ability to forego metamorphosis when reaching sexual maturity. They retain their larval gills which enable them to live fully aquatically. They are used in labs to study the thyroid, which regulates their maturing.
W1Y TIL Facebook has a software that scans user’s conversations/posts for criminal activity and flags it to be reviewed by employees.
oBOQW TIL about a drink called the New Jersey Turnpike which calls for the server to ring out the mat found on the floor of a bar into a shot glass and is given to the loser of a bar bet.
yRWJ TIL dog farts are silent but deadly because they have a horizontal rectum, making their sphincter looser, resulting in quieter farts.
e0EOk TIL the original Star Wars won an Academy Award in editing for the fast pace story telling style it pioneered and used throughout the original trilogy