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

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NLyP TIL Cameron Lyle, a college senior track and field athlete was awarded the NCAA’s Award of Valor in 2013 for ending his collegiate career one month early, ending his chances for a gold medal, in order to be a bone marrow donor to a 28 year old father with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
XdvR TIL there are only three species that go through menopause: humans, killer whales, and short finned pilot whales
Gw11 TIL Women can fly airplanes in Saudi Arabia, but can’t drive cars.
4kmkg Today I learned about Marty Friedman, ex- guitarist for the band Megadeth. Today he lives in Japan where he has appeared in over 700 TV shows and collaborates with many Japanese musicians.
b97GZ TIL a riddle from 1688 goes. "If a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability, distinguish those objects by sight alone?" In 2003 the riddle was solved when five people had their sight restored though surgery. They could not.