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TIL in Germany you can buy a sausage Advent calendar

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Z8lmv TIL it is said that René Descartes René constructed an automaton in his daughter's likeness after she died of scarlet fever; only to have the robot Francine smashed and thrown overboard as a work of Satan during a voyage at sea.
lo9p7 TIL that the name "Master Shifu" - of Kung Fu Panda fame - actually means "Master Master."
4kVyX TIL that some species of female butterflies have a second stomach called the bursa copulatrix which is highly specialized to digest only one substance.
xZGo TIL motivational speaker born without arms or legs Nick Vujicic keeps a pair of shoes in his closet because of his belief in miracles.
wrnY TIL a man spent 67 years of his life stereoblind, unable to experience depth perception. It was only after having to pay for 3D glasses to watch the movie Hugo that his brain suddenly clicked and he was able to experience three dimensional vision.