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TIL the first taxidermy walrus was much larger and smoother than a live walrus, as the taxidermist had never seen one before and overstuffed it to get rid of the wrinkles.

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gMMBD TIL that Gandhi was extremely misogynistic
KOJ TIL that a female Allied spy parachuting into France in WWII greeted her Resistance contact with “don’t give me that French shit” and proceeded to kill a German sentry with her bare hands.
ROJ9 TIL that in the 1950’s General Motors was the biggest employer in the United States and paid their employees an average of $50 per hour. Today Walmart is the biggest employer in the U.S. and pay an average of just over $8 per hour.
E5Gx TIL that the Guinness World Records stopped recording heaviest pets to discourage deliberate overfeeding.
Yyad TIL Cannabis is completely legal in North Korea and Uruguay