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TIL that that platypus has no stomach

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W7JJd TIL Theory of sexual selection says giving gifts increases male’s chances of mating amongst heavy competition. Some species of spiders continue to hold the gift between their legs even after sex starts, refusing to give it up and running away with it as soon as the process is over.
nW7Ao TIL that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic shutting down Broadway in 2020, only four musicals were eligible for Tony Award nominations. Only one actor, Aaron Tveit from "Moulin Rouge!", was nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, but he still could have lost due to the Tony's voting policy.
4KAg TIL the remainder of the Pentagon Papers (docs leaked in 1971 which demonstrated that the US gov’t systematically misled the public about the Vietnam War) were fully declassified in 2011 and are now freely available online
1ePD TIL a french mathematician the day before his duel published all his work because he didnt think he would survive. The next day he died at age 20 from a bullet to his gut.
b6OE0 TIL American paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade mistakenly raided a working olive oil factory in Bulgaria as part of a large-scale joint exercise with NATO forces.