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TIL that hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood

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7n5L TIL that the roman emperor Claudius’s love life was considered unusual at the time, because he only liked women, not men.
wLnbM TIL in 1979, deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language. The new Sandinista government opened the first school for the deaf, bringing large numbers of deaf children together for the 1st time. Nicaraguan Sign Language is the only language created to have been recorded from its birth.
p85PN TIL of Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who went on a one-man 15 year crusade to get genocide condemmed under international law.
O4LX TIL that a recent study found that 67% of men and 25% of women would rather give themselves an electric shock than be alone with their own thoughts.
W7QBX TIL Dr. Louis Leakey encouraged three young women to study wild great apes in the 60’s and 70’s known as " Leakey”s Angels", including Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. In Borneo, Biruté Galdikas led orangutan studies for over 40 years after being told "it couldn't be done"