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TIL that even after extinction, the Dodo is still the national animal of Mauritius.

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49v6 TIL Mary Donaldson, a 28-year-old Australian who worked at a real estate firm, met a Danish guy at a Sydney pub in the year 2000. He was Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and she is now the Crown Princess of Denmark.
JYK0m TIL that fish have small, roundish, special ear bones called otoliths located near their brains that provide the fish with balance, knowledge of their velocity, and hearing, however, ichthyologists can study otoliths to determine a fish's age and health just as dendrochronologists study tree rings.
QJR8E TIL That Bumblebees’ bodies can be hijacked by the parasitic Phorid fly’s larva
nOvW TIL Mary Toft managed to trick doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits. Mary did this by shoving the rabbits up her vagina before pushing them out and ‘birthing’ them.
4Jxb TIL of a massive, $400M underground subway station that was never opened. Chicago continues to pay for it through 2028.