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TIL “Reductio ad Hitlerum” is a term for trying to derail an argument by comparing it to Hitler’s or the nazi party’s views.

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1aPgX TIL that long-beaked echidnas have four-headed penises and are known as monotremes, meaning egg laying mammals. This perhaps hints at early mammalian evolution from reptiles. These guys are sadly critically endangered owing to habitat loss!
0dWpN TIL that Student Syndrome refers to planned procrastination, when, for example, a student will only start to apply themselves to an assignment at the last possible moment before its deadline. According to an academic source, this induces a level of urgency high enough to ensure the task is completed
nemNP TIL Emmett Till a 14-year-old African-American was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after a white woman said she was offended by him in her family's grocery store.
NbWb TIL Doctors can now grow skin for burn victims using the foreskins of circumcised infants. One foreskin can produce 23,000 square meters, which would be enough to tarp every Major League infield with human flesh.
KYKBQ TIL United States is the world's largest consumer market, accounting for 30% of global consumer spending despite representing only 4.2% of the global population.