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TIL a baby Porcupine is called a Porcupette

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8QOK Til that “Frankenstein” mummies were found in Scotland. 2 bodies made out of 6 people.
v1K4R TIL that when the Phrygians were without a king, an oracle at Telmessos decreed that the next man to enter the city driving an oxcart should become their king. An unsuspecting peasant farmer named Gordias drove into town on an oxcart and was immediately declared king.
Brd4x TIL that Burning Mountain in Australia contains an underground coal fire that has burned for approximately 6000 years and is the oldest known coal fire.
dvGr TIL that two babies were switched at birth, one family was rich and the other poor, the rich couple’s baby became a truck driver and the poor couple’s baby became a CEO of a company
wka6 TIL that tropical rainforests have some of the most infertile soils found on the planet - all of the nutrients are locked in the vegetation.