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TIL Hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood

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rxdd TIL an original meaning behind the term “Hipster” was for people who laid on their sides in Opium dens.
5a6R TIL a Doctor in Australia 3D printed a mans vertebrae and successfully installed the components. Not only that but they were two highly-specialised vertebrae that are involved in the flexion and rotation of the cranium.
NXdEJ TIL of Zheng Pingru, a female Chinese socialite who would join the resistance against the Japanese occupation of Shanghai during World War 2. She was executed after an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Ding Mocun, the security chief of the local Japanese collaborationist regime, who she dated.
oBxdo TIL that the sea level is rising everywhere in the world, except along the coasts of Finland and Sweden. But even though the sea is still rising here, it’s just that the land is rising faster
5XVp TIL the largest mall in the world by gross leasable area is in China - and it’s 99% empty