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TIL of the pig-footed bandicoot, an Australian marsupial with hooved feet that went extinct in the 1950s.

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R5N07 TIL of John George Haigh whose crimes made him initially known as the Vampire of London before he was hanged in 1949.
l6YG TIL An eight year old boy in India is the worlds youngest known serial killer
9YNjp TIL that Greeks and Romans polluted the air so much, traces of their lead pollution can be seen in ice caps as far away as Greenland
5aJn TIL that Mattel released an action figure of Stinkor, an anthropomorphic skunk supervillain of the He-Man universe, in 1985. Patchouli Oil was added to the molds to recreate the character’s unpleasant superpower. Toy collectors report the action figures continuing to reek after 30 years.
KElE TIL if you polish an ancient sword that’s been used in battle, even a 2000 year old sword, it literally bleeds out the blood of the people it’s been used on, which “smells like a steak cooking”.