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TIL that the platypus and echidna are the only 2 species of mammal that lay eggs

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pYE8A TIL that before alarm clocks were common, people known as "knocker-uppers" were employed to wake workers by tapping on their windows with long sticks.
nwLo TIL haggis is illegal in the US because one of its key ingredients is sheep lungs.
PYBxO TIL the song "November Rain" was left off of Guns N' Roses major breakthrough album "Appetite for Destruction" at the last minute, as "Sweet Child of Mine" was thought to be enough of a ballad for one album.
d8XWr TIL along with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bombing of Tokyo was just as bad but often overlooked. Over 100,000 people were killed, several times that number injured, and 1,000,000 displaced in a napalm-filled, incendiary bomb attack by 334 low-flying B-29 bombers.
Ea0W TIL that in 1980, a gambling addict who lost $750k placed a massive bomb in a Nevada casino to try and extort money. The FBI tried to defuse the bomb but failed, destroying the whole casino.