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TIL that today is Kamehameha Day, to celebrate the first king of Hawaii

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XEp9E TIL: Brain study shows structural differences in people with gender dysphoria: brain activity of transgender people closely resembles that of the gender they want to embrace.
ONy1 TIL of Foxes that can jump 3 feet in the air to dive 3 feet into snow to catch mice. They determine the speed and trajectory of the mouse before nose diving with pinpoint accuracy.
gMJKy TIL that the Japanese couldn't keep up with American armor in the later stages of WWII, so they developed a suicidal anti-tank explosive called a Lunge mine.
R7MJ8 TIL of Gino Bartali, a cyclist who used his fame as a winner of the Tour de France to smuggle counterfeit documents hidden inside his bicycle through Nazi checkpoints in WWII Italy under the guise of training. These documents allowed as many as 800 Jews to escape persecution by the Nazis.
xV1k TIL there was a British submarine named the “HMS Tally-Ho”