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TIL: Petrus Plancius, in 1612 created the Unicorn Constellation (Monoceros Unicornis) to fill the empty area between two large constellations, Orion and Hydra.

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rNw6e TIL about fribromelanosis, a rare genetic mutation of hyperpigmentation that all silkie chickens have. This mutation causes their skin, muscle, and bones to be black.
P1pkw TIL twins can have different dads by the occurrence called heteropaternal superfecundation
5we9 TIL That Dunkin Donuts in South Korea started spraying coffee aroma into public buses every time their jingle played. Coffee sales increased 29%.
OlkL TIL People on Parliament computers tried to view porn 250,000 times last year.
VBRB4 TIL that Alexander Hamilton (a Scottish duke, not the Founding Father) was so interested in Egyptian mummies, he had himself mummified after death and put in a Ptolemaic sarcophagus.