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TIL the axolotl is unusual among amphibians in that it reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis and exhibits neoteny, remaining in a juvenile form of a salamander.

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Gbr1 TIL of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born woman who was a victim of genital mutilation and married off to her cousin. She escaped and sought asylum in the Netherlands, eventually being elected to Dutch parliament. She is now an activist for women’s rights and opposes honor violence and child marriage.
vP4d4 TIL China has won the last 4 International Mathematical Olympiads
m1WNR TIL about St. Felix's flood of 1530. A flood that left large parts of the low countries uninhabitable and allegedly killed more than 100,000.
LQeRP TIL The U.S. Navy estimates that heavy barnacle growth on ships increases weight and drag by as much as 60 percent, resulting in as much as a 40 percent increase in fuel consumption
aRDb TIL that Kassi Manlan, the representative for the World Health Organization in Burundi, was murdered by colleagues and senior members of the Burundian police and security services after Dr. Manlan discovered that malaria funds were being diverted to private bank accounts.