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TIL that the clad "Scrotifera" is the scientific classification of mammals with scrotums

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W7eGd TIL postwar Warsaw, Poland was rebuilt using 18th century paintings.
RBoj TIL Despite his on-camera demeanor, Johnny Carson was extremely shy off-camera. He was known for avoiding most large parties, and was referred to as “the most private public man who ever lived”.
r8Wd TIL Philip II (father of Alexander the Great) threatened Sparta with “if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city.”. The Spartans simply replied with “if.”. neither Philip or Alexander attempted to capture the city.
AaRn TIL During the Napoleonic wars, a monkey was hanged in England because all the Englishmen knew of the Frenchmen was that they were “short, hairy and spoke another language” and took the monkey to be a French sailor.
xVv11 TIL about the Ket people, an isolated population of 1200 in Siberia. Their language is strikingly similar in structure to the Native North American languages, and they are one of the last true hunter and gatherer societies on Earth.