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TIL that a male horse and female donkey make a hinny, not a mule

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rRdBM TIL in 1918 Russia, the Romanov family were brutally executed (with an even more disturbing burial). The Romanov children survived the initial spray of bullets and attack with bayonets because their clothes were lined with more about 1.3kg diamonds and gemstones each, as an improvised armour.
N7LQN TIL of the Palm Dog Award, an award at the Cannes Film Festival given to the best canine performance.
epnJJ TIL Using programming to model entire wind farms and account for the wake of individual turbines increases energy production over all.
50DP TIL There was a contest in 2003 to find which building in the world was the most penis-shaped.
neKKB TIL that when the Titanic sank, there was a ship about 10 miles away that took no action despite having seen its distress rockets being fired. The prompt arrival of this vessel could have saved most who died in the tragedy.