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TIL that turkeys can sometimes reproduce asexually, forming near-clones of themselves.

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ADjw4 TIL of Kinscem, a Hungarian Thoroughbred mare, who won all of her 54 races in the late 1800s. She remains the winningest Thoroughbred racehorse of all time.
dVo9 TIL the original children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was actually incredibly violent, with Dorothy and friends killing nearly 100 animals and people during their quest. Dorothy’s trademark shoes were also silver, not ruby like the movie.
E1bAp TIL That face blindness is a thing and it sounds like it would be hell to live with. Basically people with it can't use faces to tell people apart, so they have to use other characteristics to tell who is who.
M75m TIL That due to the cosmological principle, any spot in space and time can be the centre of the universe.
mxvvR TIL Camels originated in North America. About 3 - 7 million years ago, they migrated over the Bering Strait to Asia. They also migrated to South America and became Alpacas and Llamas. Around the last ice age, they went extinct in North America.