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TIL Around 500 species of animals have been documented to engage in homosexual behaviour, including (and especially) Giraffes

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GY6kQ TIL when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, only Nazi Germany supported Ethiopia while the rest of the world ignored the conflict
87xG TIL Punxsutawney Phil is so bad at predicting the weather, we would have more accurate predictions with a coin flip.
R5y0Q TIL that the East German Trabant had a body made of recycled cotton waste and resin called Duroplast. It also didn't have a fuel gauge, requiring its owner to regularly check the fuel with a dipstick.
N7N06 TIL that the Olympic torch has 2 flames in it - one yellow that may get extinguished due to wind/rain - but another hotter blue flame (inside the torch) that can reignite the yellow flame if it gets extinguished.. both these are sourced from the original flame from 1928
loNEV TIL 20% of 'meat' in the UK was found to contain the DNA of 'unspecified animals.' 41% of mince meat; 31% of kebabs; 23% of curries and 20% of sausages were found to actually contain DNA from animals not on the official label.