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TIL of the Fossa, a large carnivore and the top predator in Madagascar - but it isnt a cat, being more closely related to the mongoose family. And its scientific name, is derived from the fact that it has a concealed anus

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VBoY8 TIL about long-term nuclear waste warning messages, designed to warn civilizations ~10,000+ years in the future of the dangers of nuclear waste sites. Proposed solutions include an atomic priesthood to perpetuate rituals and myths, and cats genetically modified to change color when irradiated.
nWLrB TIL about Gladys Aylward. a Christian missionary who traveled to the Chinese to Proselytize by helping at a inn and attempting to stop the tradition of foot binding. when the Japanese attacked she would lead 100 of the oprhaned children in her care to saftey away from the invading japanese on foot.
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