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TIL about melanism, the opposite of albinism

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womD7 TIL about the "Rabbit Test," a human pregnancy test developed in 1931, in which urine from a female human would be injected into a female rabbit. The rabbit would be dissected and if its ovaries were enlarged then the human was likely pregnant (~98% certainty). The test was used into the 1970s.
kpM7 TIL that geographically, Victoria is the smallest state of mainland Australia.
Oop7X TIL that in 1956 the US Navy, at the request of Icelandic fishermen, destroyed hundreds of killer whales with machine guns, rockets and depth charges.
GA571 TIL that's there's a Welsh valley called Cwn Gwuan where the local community still celebrates Christmas and New Year according to the Julian calendar, rather than the Gregorian calendar used by the rest of the UK since 1752
OG4Q1 TIL: The full quote is "The customer is always right in matters of taste"