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TIL that all cats with 3 or more colors are females

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rRdmo TIL there is a giant replica of the Vatican in Africa, took $300 million and five years to build but nowdays is used by only a few hundred.
d8MPK TIL during James K. Polk's presidential campaign, he pledged to leave office after one term. He got elected, left after one term, and then died 3 months later.
neLAb TIL that each one has a unique cardiac signature that can be used as biometrics similar to fingerprinting and retina scan
QJe4p TIL the movie "Gravity" was more expensive than the India’s first interplanetary mission, Mangalyaan with the budget for this mission only being $74 million
EgQYw TIL that the average human body temperature has actually fallen from 98.6F (37C) in 1860, to 97.5F (36.4C) in 2017