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TIL zebras and donkeys can breed resulting in a zonkey

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wpxP TIL The Egyptians, not Julius Caesar, were the fathers of the modern calendar. The Roman calendar was lunar and had 355 days. Egyptians knew it was 365 days because the Nile would peak on the same day each year. Caesar learned this from his affair with Cleopatra and created the Julian calendar.
loxb7 TIL Marilyn Monroe was discovered while working at the Radioplane factory in 1945. She worked on the first ever remote controlled drones during WWII.
x6Erw TIL When a total solar eclipse occurs in a cloudy region, clouds suppress light levels so much that you won’t notice any changes in light levels until about 30 seconds before Totality. Like a fast forward sunset, it becomes dark. Light then returns to normal after Totality in only a few seconds
l7pr5 TIL that this is what your neurons look like when you learn something new
MmGB TIL of Carnufex, a giant ancient crocodile that walked upright on two feet and lived in North Carolina 231 million years ago