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TIL that hippos make their own sunscreen.

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POL TIL in 1880 the Queen of Thailand drowned while her subjects watched because they were forbidden to touch her.
MeRkm TIL that the University of Glasgow created an artificial tongue using gold and aluminum that can distinguish between whiskeys with 99% accuracy, with the goal of reducing counterfeit alcohol in circulation.
yVgpw TIL Narender Yadav an Indian went to Everest where he claimed to have summitted the mountain but discrepancies were noticed which indicated he had faked the summit. He got a ban from the mountain for six years. He returned the day after his ban expired and reached the summit with ample proof.
ep9Pg TIL: Garbology is a field of study
wAPo TIL A Luftwaffe pilot escorted a damaged American B17 safely out of Germany during WW2