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TIL the world’s oldest piece of taxidermy is a stuffed crocodile hanging from the rafters of a small Italian church. It’s at least 500 years old, and nobody is sure where it came from.

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LQ1XQ TIL all 8 of the most densely populated towns in the US (and 9 of the top 10) are either in New Jersey or New York
NKJM TIL: The oldest known medical text is a book about vaginas.
455N TIL in 1938, Helen Hulick, a burglary witness in an L.A. trial, was jailed for five days for wearing slacks in the courtroom
ODdR TIL since its introduction in 1998 and extensive combat use, the only thing that’s ever destroyed the British Challenger 2 was another Challenger 2.
6pmJ TIL King Harald of Norway vowed to remain unmarried for life unless he could marry his true love, the daughter of a cloth merchant. She became the Queen of Norway.