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601w TIL the naked mole-rat is the only eusocial, thermoconforming mammal, they are highly insensitive to pain, very resistant to cancer, and a single potato can last a colony up to 7 years
XjXk TIL when the Pope dies, it’s tradition to confirm the death ceremonially by gently tapping the pope’s head thrice with a silver hammer, calling his birth name each time.
PXZL TIL in 1983 hundreds of workers broke a world record by building a 3 bdrm home in just 3 hrs. It was later sold to buyers who weren’t told about home’s origin. The home was an instant nightmare: uneven slab, burst pipes, flawed roof, mismatched paint, buckled walls, crooked doors, faulty sewer, etc.
wl5o TIL that rabbits weren’t domesticated until the 7th century AD, and that the reason they were domesticated is that the Catholic church ruled that fetal rabbits were a type of fish and therefore OK to eat during Lent.
9YkxQ "On average, the penguins dove 90.2 metres (98.64 yards) deep, but sometimes went as deep as 450 metres (492 yards)."