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TIL revenge killings were legal in Japan up to 1873

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yVNal TIL in 2022 study, it show that domesticated betta fish are able to change their gender due to their DMR1 genome.
PB9V TIL that a velociraptor was about the size of a big chicken.
eAOL TIL the heat a spacecraft faces on reentry isn’t generated by simple friction but rather by ram pressure - the fast-moving shuttle compresses the air in front of it, forming a massive shock zone in which air molecules ionize and break apart.
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