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TIL that in 2009 eleven children were born in Antarctica

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d8mlQ TIL "A fake U.S. Embassy operated in Ghana for about a decade, issuing false visas and other documents until it was discovered in 2016."
P15ve TIL During World War II, a Pennsylvania dentist proposed to President Roosevelt to bomb Japan with timed explosives attached to thousands of bats.
jNy5E TIL of an organization called 'Bikers Against Child Abuse,' a group of bikers who protect victims of child abuse by standing guard at their house and accompany them into court to testify when they are too afraid to face their abuser.
OoJPe TIL Yuri Gagarin scared farmers by landing in a spacesuit. A woman asked, "Can it be that you have come from outer space?" Gagarin said: "As a matter of fact, I have! Don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!"
LkDBQ TIL "drooping ears" is a trait for domesticated animals that doesn't occur in the wild (except elephants). Almost all species gain the trait when domesticated. One experiment successfully domesticated foxes over 40 generations, and by then their ears were drooping.