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TIL that news anchors in Turkmenistan, both men and women, were prevented from wearing any make-up after the former president discovered he was unable to tell the difference between them when presenters wore it.

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a87A9 TIL over 100 capstones of ancient Egyptian pyramids have been found. Most date from the New Kingdom onward, when building pyramids had stopped being a royal privilege.
9wQBQ TIL that commander gene fluckey was one of the most skilled submarine commanders, managed to get one of the highest kill counts by tonnage, managed to be the only submarine crew to ever go onto enemy territory and destroy a train, and did so while not having a single injury with his crew.
oB9dY TIL despite being no larger than 4cm, the female Darwin's Bark Spider can create a web bridge spanning up to 75 feet across rivers by releasing several strands of silk which the wind carries to the other side. She then reinforces it, allowing her to hunt for insects flying over the river.
X00NP TIL that the Panda's false thumb is key to it's subsistence on such energy-poor resources like bamboo. Without the false thumb, consumption of bamboo would require more work, compromising their ability to meet their dietary needs.
YRdd TIL In the late 17th century a Vatican librarian wrote a treatise entitled De Praeputio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Diatriba (A Discussion of the Foreskin of Our Lord Jesus Christ), in it he stated that Jesus’s foreskin had transcended like Christ and had become the rings of the planet Saturn.