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TIL Beaver Butts Emit Goo Used for Vanilla Flavoring

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YpBQP TIL that Platypuses don’t have nipples... Despite being mammals and having mammary glands platypuses do not have nipples with which to fed their babies. Instead they release milk through glands like sweat. The milk then gathers in grooves on the mum’s abdomen where the puggles lap it up..
OGgla TIL that England was a Republic from 1649 to 1660, in a period known as the Interregnum. Shortly after Cromwell’s death and the failure of the following Protectorate in which his son was Lord Protector, the army invited Charles I’s son to become King Charles II, and restored the monarchy.
16QGW TIL a dude in the middle ages wrote a book claiming that witches were stealing men's penises, putting them in a nest, feeding them oats, and keeping them as pets. He was in part responsible for starting the European witch trials.
a7Qb TIL that Lightning McQueen was not named after racing legend Steve McQueen, but rather the former Pixar animator Glenn McQueen who died of skin cancer in 2002.
AAJo TIL that an alcohol’s “proof” was meant to measure whether it been watered down. The “proof” (approximately 100) of good booze was that it would catch on fire.