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TIL Hens can spontaneously become roosters

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b189 TIL the only photos taken at the moment Robert Kennedy was shot were seized by the LAPD, ordered sealed for 20 years, and when finally set to be released were stolen from the car of the courier transporting them
4XPDX TIL about the navy of Mongolia, which sits on a lake with no strategic importance whatsoever, and consists of a single tugboat crewed by 7 people, only one of whom can swim.
rRRmy TIL Neil Armstrong's boots are still on the moon.
mxKwO TIL that "fart" is one of the oldest words in the English language, and can be traced back to its Proto-Indo-European roots through its cognates in other European languages and Sanskrit
Br9RW TIL The wholesome image of Santa that we know today was actually shaped by Coca Cola for an advertising campaign. Before that, Santa was depicted as everything from a tall gaunt man to a spooky-looking elf.