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TIL There was a class of small tanks between the 1920s and 40s called Tankettes

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oBywr TIL Nintendo's Mario is Named After a Real Life Person, Mario Segale
PLrZ TIL I learned that a “rat king” is a rare phenomenon when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with blood, dirt, ice, excrement or simply knotted. The animals reputedly grow together while joined at the tails and spread plague.
4kgGw TIL how a chandelier was made out of 11,500+ gummy bears & ended up on the set of Nickelodeon's iCarly.
XE4JE TIL of 'male menstruation' that was considered a normal part of growing up in twentieth century Egyptian culture but was actually due to an endemic parasitic bladder infection from schistosomes causing bloody urine.
78GAP TIL that "degloving" is the term used for when the skin is pulled from the hand, like taking off a glove of human skin usually but not always through industrial accident. This can sometimes be put back on, again like a glove. (Gore and detailed photo, do not look if this may upset you)