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TIL that Madonna has a sterilization team, charged with removing her DNA from performance venues.

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1aMer TIL that there is a blind cave beetle named after Adolf Hitler, Anophthalmus hitleri. Nazi memorabilia collectors willing to pay up to £1200 for a specimen are putting it at risk of extinction.
v1m87 TIL that the human-like behaviour of Jenny (an orangutan), a resident of London Zoo, reinforced Charles Darwin's view that man was descended from animals.
M7BmK TIL that every dog testicle examined in a study contained microplastics. So did human testicles
j0yR TIL The Count of Monte Cristo has never been out of print in most modern languages
9yxG TIL a JFK assassination witness claimed to see an suspicious unidentified man standing in the window of the school book depository, who later fled the scene. His testimony was ignored, he was intimidated several times, and there were several attempts on his life.