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TIL A species of Salamander called the Tiger Salamander have a unique way of controlling the population within their little society. If they sense their population has overgrown, they develop offspring with specially adapted heads and larger bodies to eat the larvae of their own species.

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PdEJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends £10,000 a year removing traffic cones from the head of Duke of Wellngton statue.
6MJm TIL Napoleon’s penis is currently located in New Jersey. It was removed from his body by the doctor performing his autopsy and was smuggled by a priest.
wLd9M TIL a Florida professor caught 200 of his students in a cheating scandal and captured his lecture to them in a video he later posted online
pYyvN TIL that Euclid's Parallel Postulate had no mention of parallel lines. Although parallel lines exist as a consequence of the postulate, the postulate actually describes how the opposite case arises: how lines intersect. Parallel lines are the negative case of the postulate: lines that never meet.
LkNVQ TIL that there is a crypt underneath the United States Capitol which was intended for George Washington, but his body was never moved since it was part of his last will to remain buried at Mt. Vernon. It is now used as storage.