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TIL: Since whales can use echolocation to see under the skin, males of some species of whales have evolved internal "antlers" to impress the lady whales.

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ANxK7 TIL the shortest-lived "empire" in history was a restoration of the Qing Dynasty of China lasting for 11 days in July 1917. Monarchists seized Beijing and reinstated Emperor Puyi, deposed five years prior and now eleven years old, on July 1 and were pushed back out by Republican forces on July 12.
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W8NL TIL there​ are a group of people who believe The Beatles “as they were presented to us” never existed. One of their key categories of evidence is “Different Eyebrows”
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