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TIL of King Vira Bahu I of Polonnaruwa (Sri Lanka) who was crowned the night of his father's death and was assassinated the very next morning, reigning for less than a day

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4XYmJ TIL female spotted hyenas are the only mammalian with no external vaginal opening. They use a 20cm (~8 inch) pseudo-penis to reproduce and urinate.
dPd7 TIL Sign language is not universal. There is about one sign language for each spoken language (and, for example, American English’ Sign Language differs from British English’ Sign Language).
PYJbO TIL the potato and tomato are both native to Peru. Though commonly associated with Eurasian culinary traditions, both plants were unknown to the eastern hemisphere until 500 years ago.
R5MV4 TIL of Jerome Robbins' "Mistake Waltz", a choreography, where one dancer is always purposely out of step.
lol8A TIL of Cherophobia. A condition where one fears that being happy can invoke sadness.