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TIL for the first time ever, scientists found that several female snake species have two heart-shaped clitorises, which might lead to more frequent sex and mating.

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WkQrL TIL in apartheid South Africa a "Pencil Test" determined if an ambiguous looking person was white, black or coloured. If the pencil passed through their hair with ease, they "passed", but if it didn't, it suggested Afro-textured hair and they'd be forced to live apart from the white community.
OoXv4 TIL that world's first lesbian magazine was first published in 1925
yVKNJ TIL of the American Hippo Bill, an attempt to introduce hippos into the bayous of Lousiana
OG01R TIL that Pete Best, original drummer for the Beatles, released an album in 1965 called "Best of the Beatles" that contained no Beatles music, causing him to be investigated for consumer fraud. The case was dropped because no fraud had been committed. He was Best, of the Beatles
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