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TIL Catherine the Great of Russia had a room in her palace filled with erotic furniture

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NMLM TIL that a premature baby, after it had been declared dead, was brought back to life after the mother cuddled with him for two hours.
MeDBK TIL in taxonomy that all tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises. Same thing with frogs and toads all toads are frogs but not all frogs are toads.
epyV4 TIL that "Killing baby Hitler" is an ethical and theoretical physics experiment. It explores the idea of time-traveling to assassinate infant Adolf Hitler, delving into ethical consequences and temporal paradoxes.
Z8eoB TIL that in 2014, a high school student was suspended for two months for jokingly replying "Actually, yeah" to an internet post that asked if he made out with a teacher. He sued the school board for being unjustly suspended, and won a $425,000 settlement.
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