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TIL that nine-banded armadillos always give birth to quadruplets- a single fertilized egg splits into four identical embryos.

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0wZ7p TIL of the Vandals, a large East Germanic tribe originating from Poland and who, fleeing from the Huns, gradually migrated to Roman territories during the fifth century. They conquered Spain and most of Northern Africa and eventually sacked and looted Rome. The word "vandalism" is named after them.
e0Ja5 TIL Roger Fisher proposed that in the event that the US President needed to activate nuclear weapons, he (the Pres) would need to get it from a volunteer which has the codes implanted near their heart.
nOKr TIL that the American oil company Texaco directly supported the Spanish Fascist Fransisco Franco in his war against democracy in the 1930’s. He provided fuel to the Nazis and the Spanish/Italian Fascists and intel to help bomb Democratic fuel ships
LQOgm TIL John Jacob Astor arrived in New York City with a suitcase full of flutes to start a music store. A few years later he one of the richest Americans ever. He made his fortune in furs and real estate.
mxdAO TIL Jordan Peele decided to make "Us" a full-on horror film due to people being generally confused over the genre of "Get Out".