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TIL of Penelope a platypus known for faking a pregnancy and escaping Bronx Zoo

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rNJPM TIL about tulou, giant walled villages built by the Hakka ethnic group of China. Tulou could fit up to 800 people inside them with farms, houses and even markets. They were designed by the Hakka for protection from attacks by the Cantonese ethnic group the Punti in one of the many wars they fought.
MeOeA TIL for centuries, India practiced sati, where widows were obliged to commit suicide upon their husband’s death, often by self-immolation on their funeral pyre. The British banned it in the 19th century
W9bB TIL that in a small town in california, a dog ran for mayor and won
wW1J TIL there is a conspiracy theory which claims The United States is a corporation, not a country.
DVxe TIL if you shrunk the Sun down to the size of a white blood cell and shrunk the Milky Way down using the same scale, it would be the size of the United States.