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TIL when the platypus was first discovered, European naturalists were so baffled by it’s appearance that it was thought to be an elaborate hoax

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loODG TIL that Mike Myers and Susannah Hoffs formed a fake 1960s British band named Ming Tea. Susanna adopted the name Gillian Shagwell and the band inspired the Austin Powers movies.
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