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TIL the “New York, New York” song sung by Frank Sinatra was actually a cover song! The original was released by Liza Minnelli in 1977

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4XAa TIL “When flatworms mate, two "males” use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains male while the loser becomes female.“
QN85M TIL an elephant trampled a woman to death then returned days later to her funeral to trample the body again
LMyZ TIL the TLD for commercial websites in the Cook islands is .co.ck
YpJmd TIL About Greek Fire. An incendiary weapon developed by the Byzantines in the 7th century, it was deployed on ships, and in handheld tubes, operating similar to a flamethrower. Water didn’t extinguish it. Its precise chemical composition is still unknown.
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