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TIL that whales and dolphins correctly classify as "even-toed hoofed animals"

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Brp1y TIL that the exclusive rights to use the color vantablack are owned by artist Anish Kapoor and nobody else is allowed to use it. As a revenge, another artist created the pinkest pink which everyone is allowed to use, except Anish
nedbP TIL of Tommy Cooper who died while performing on stage... while the audience laughed
WyO8 TIL it’s estimated Franz Kafka burned about 90% of his works. When he died he asked his friend to burn the remaining manuscripts (including The Trial) but his friend refused and instead turned them in for publishing.
wLeM TIL Asperger’s syndrome used to be called “autistic psychopathy”
9YWj6 TIL animals can't make vitamin D in their skin because their fur or feathers shade it from the sun. In the oils secreted on their fur or feathers are the precursors, and after vitamin D is produced they lick it up when grooming.