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TIL rats cant vomit, at all.

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m1nNv TIL that after Crassus was killed by the Parthians at Carrhae, his severed head was delivered to the Parthian king Orodes who was watching a play with the Armenian king Artavasdes. The head was then used as a prop in the play representing the severed head of a character in the play.
8a1GV TIL Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who played an important part in the Battle of Waterloo, and was instrumental in defeating Napoleon in 1814, suffered a mental breakdown during the war, lost his sight, and believed that a Frenchman had impregnated him with an elephant.
yQbre TIL about Belphegor's Prime. It's the palindromic prime number 1000000000000066600000000000001. Named after Belphegor, Prince of Hell, it has 666 at its heart surrounded by 13 zeros on either side
gM9ey TIL 7/11 is named after their 'new' hours of 7am-11pm which were unprecedented in 1946, and they didn't experiment with 24-hour stores until 1963.
Z888p TIL that Persians held drunk debates before making any important decisions. They debated major arguments both while sober and drunk. Only those ideas that they agreed upon in both states were considered worthwhile.