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TIL That a baby porcupine is called a porcupette.

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jNQ0X TIL Alexander the Great admired Achilles and that the city of Troy was probably a part of modern day Turkey
5GWp TIL Instead of being tried for war crimes, the Japanese researchers involved in human experimentation in Unit 731 were given immunity by the U.S. in exchange for their data obtained.
6AY TIL there is a disease where you eventually stop sleeping, and then die. There is no cure.
kOJrW TIL people who speak languages that do not have a future verb tense are better at self regulation because they don't see "me" and "future me" as separate entities.
GAKPE TIL after reviewing previous research & conducting a genetic analysis, a 2024 study found that two populations of orcas (resident & transient), should be recognized as separate species, distinct from both each other & the rest of orcas. Currently, all orcas are categorized as a single species.