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TIL Red Kangaroos are the Animal that Grows the Most Over Its Lifespan

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jDbM TIL Swaziland is one of the last countries in the world with an absolute monarchy
7ORL TIL Hugh Jackman was supposed to have a brief cameo as Wolverine in SPIDER-MAN (2002). Jackman actually showed up in New York to film the scene, but the entire plan was scrapped when the crew couldn’t get access to the Wolverine costume from X-Men.
VBM9m TIL about Westsylvania, a 14th state of the U.S. that was proposed early in the American Revolution, and would have included parts of Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia & Pennsylvania.
m1vKP TIL Foot binding, the practice of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size, was still prevalent in China until the early 20th century.
P1OrO TIL of how thousands died from methanol poisoning via tainted industrial alcohol during U.S. Prohibition, thanks to the total absence of liquor regulation.