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TIL that the destruction wrought by hurricanes results in lizards with strong toes, thanks to natural selection

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D06V TIL William Howard Taft served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his Presidency ended, he is the only person to have held both titles.
BgK8r TIL that Oswald Freisler, a German lawyer during the 1930s, would wear his Nazi Party badge to court when defending political prisoners, sometimes even securing acquittals. He "committed suicide" in 1939.
awEA9 TIL about Trimethylamine disorder that makes sufferers smell like rotting fish, rotting eggs, garbage, or urine.
Oo1BR TIL about the Border Reivers, Scottish and English mercenary bandits who raided both sides of the border with no loyalty to either kingdom.
OoP84 TIL Charles Darwin, while working on a book about orchids, was frustrated and wrote in a letter to his friend “But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything”