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TIL giraffes and humans both have 7 neck vertebrae

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16gR7 TIL that in Medieval Europe, the Feast of the Ass on 14 January celebrated the donkey that carried Mary into Egypt after the birth of Jesus.
Lbem TIL: A 14 year old girl in the UK was accused of racism by her teacher, and was arrested. She was participating in a group project and her group consisted of several Asian students of whom only one spoke English. She simply wanted to be in a group that spoke English.
WLQX TIL Ireland has a small island of artists who elect their own kings, even though they have no powers.
VBlBm TIL that for 2 years Ghanaian and foreign scientists investigated what they thought was a monkey-borne outbreak stemming from a large forest, only for it later to be revealed the area had neither a forest nor any monkeys and was in fact a large industrial city.
9YO1B TIL cats have contributed to the extinction of at least 63 global vertebrate species, deemed one of “the most ubiquitous and environmentally damaging invasive predators on Earth", while new studies shows cats are ineffective when it comes to catching rats.