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TIL that rabbits perform an athletic leap, known as a "binky," when they’re happy, performing twists and kicks in mid air.

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b6Zp0 TIL that in the Joan Miró Foundation, in Barcelona, you can see a functional mercury fountain created by Alexander Calder. It has to be kept in an airtight glass casing at all times because of the toxic fumes.
R51Ew TIL in 2016, a federal appeals court upheld the petty misdemeanor arrest of an Albuquerque middle school student accused of repeatedly disrupting his class with loud burps. The arrest was justified under a New Mexico law that prohibits anyone from interfering in the education process.
P1J TIL Joan of Arc was burned to death for “cross-dressing” in order to avoid rape by prison gaurds.
Y7gpx TIL in the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory director was frustrated with his staff, and would say “My Scottish maid could do better!” So, he hired his Scottish maid. Williamina Fleming ran a team for decades, classified tens of thousands of stars, & discovered white dwarfs and the Horsehead Nebula
awbJM TIL the children’s film All Dogs Go to Heaven originally featured a nightmarish sequence in which one of the dogs goes to hell, but this scene was cut before the film’s release. The uncut scene is now available online.