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TIL spotted female hyenas have a pseudo-penis and lack an external vaginal opening

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vVWr TIL: To camouflage aircraft factories in suburban Los Angeles during WWII, the military built simulated neighborhoods on their rooftops complete with fake cars, roads, homes and foliage. Actors were hired to inhabit these spaces too.
4xma TIL that zoos around the world are raising cheetah kittens with puppy companions to help the cheetahs deal with excess energy, learn social cues, and combat stress
gMLM4 TIL that Singapore still use caning extensively as a form of punishment in schools, prisons and the government.
0wKrL TIL ancient Greeks never mentioned the color blue, with Homer describing the sea as "wine-dark", and while researchers first believed the Greeks were color blind, recent experiments with modern peoples suggest that we can't see the color blue until there's a word for it
PY6rn TIL that Sweden imports more live crawfish from the US than any other country, and 90% of all crawfish produced in the US is grown in Louisiana.