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TIL Baby porcupines are called porcupettes!

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ne9yP TIL about the origins of US whistleblower protections. In 1777, 10 soldiers reported their commanding officers for torture. Instead of branding the soldiers as traitors, the Founding Fathers passed a law protecting them and future whistleblowers.
v1ZdD TIL in 2007, Iran arrested 14 squirrels for spying.
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9lW6 TIL the web-slinging and stunts in The Amazing Spider-Man were done with real wires and stuntmen, as opposed to the CGI in the original trilogy.