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TIL Warner Bros donates royalties made from their Tasmanian Devil character to help fight a facial tumour that is decimating the native species

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rNRZx TIL about unisexual mole salamanders which are an all-female complex of salamanders that 'steal' sperm from up to five different species of salamanders in the genus Ambystoma and recombine it to produce female hybrid offspring. This method of reproduction is called kleptogenesis.
epAvk TIL space stations smell like “combinations of antiseptic, garbage, and body odor.”
0dZeN TIL one of the world's most-played musicians is Minoru Mukaiya, who wrote unique jingles for over 110 train stations across Japan.
5VAB8 TIL about Pelorus Jack who was a dolphin that was famous for escorting ships through a stretch of water in Cook Strait, New Zealand. The animal was reported from 1888 until his disappearance after 1912. Pelorus Jack was usually spotted in a notoriously dangerous channel.
neJJY TIL Iceland has a Horse Naming Commission that oversees horse names across the country to ensure that no horse gets a foreign, vulgar, or inappropriate name.