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TIL that as far as the Catholic Church is concerned, beavers are fish.

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4X05o TIL that there is a monument to enemas in the Russian spa town of Zheleznovodsk, featuring a bronze bulb held aloft by three cherubs
R916 TIL in 1980, Maureen Wilcox bought lottery tickets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and both tickets won in the wrong state
WvXB TIL the original order of assassins killed their targets in broad daylight in crowded areas, with a rule to not kill any civilians. A contemporary Jewish historian wrote of them: “they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings.”
yQxa8 TIL the word restaurateur does not have an N in it, I'm floored by this. res·tau·ra·teur /ˌrestərəˈtər/ : P. restaurateurs, a person who owns and manages a restaurant.
e0N6b Til Humans And Tortoises share a little more than 90% of dna.