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TIL Koreans call the platypus a “duck-raccoon”

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oRJmL TIL The Babushka Lady is an unidentified woman present during the 1963 assassination of JFK, who appeared to be taking photos as other witnesses took cover. Her identity, along with her photos, remain unknown.
XE8GD TIL that fragile self-esteem is a core component of narcissism and personality disorders, conversely, unstable high self-esteem is actually another form of fragile self-esteem.
l7JjK TIL 28th June (and my birthday) is the perfect day of the year mathematically, with its factors adding up to the number itself.
VM40k TIL that the ruby-throated hummingbird can cross 800 km (500 mi) of the Gulf of Mexico on a nonstop flight.
X0jbE TIL that in ancient Rome, when a military leader celebrated a triumph, a privileged slave stood behind him in the chariot and repeatedly whispered, “Memento mori” (“Remember you will die”) to keep his ego in check, even at the height of his glory.