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TIL that the German parliament building, the Reichstag, has a memorial outside its front entrance, dedicated to its members of parliament that died "unnaturally" during the Nazi years, most in prisons or concentration camps.

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pww4 TIL that the female spotted hyena is the only mammalian species to lack an external vagina, and gives birth through a pseudopenis. This penis is used for communication and can become erect.
Z8b4R TIL Peppa Pig has been blocked from an online video channel in China after becoming associated with “gangster” subculture.
jNmdv TIL Isaac Newton got swept up in the investing madness of the South Seas Bubble and lost out to the tune of ~£20 000 000 (in today's money)
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Xlp8 TIL that mothers produce different breast milk recipes depending on whether they have had a son or a daughter