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TIL that beavers are considered fish by the Catholic Church, allowing them to be eaten during lent.

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87NV TIL kangaroos hop because they can’t move their legs independently.
PYjRJ TIL how "a figment of the imagination" is a tautology. A tautology is a phrase or idiom in which the same idea is expressed twice using different words, like "it was sufficient enough".
Brmme TIL Before dentures were invented, teeth were pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers for use as prosthetics. In the 1780s an ivory denture with human teeth could cost over £100.
vPmG7 TIL rare, massive 13 and 17 yr cicada broods containing trillions of individuals which are emerging in the US as we speak, may turn into fungus zombies and have their genitals fall off (a cicada's life is not fair on any level).
rke TIL on average 1 in 4 Norwegians knew a victim affected by the 2011 terrorist attack