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TIL Skyrim has been officially released 15 times on 10 different consoles.

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rN464 Today I learned under Mansa Musa of the Malian Empire, military heroes were granted trousers as a sign of prestige. The greater the hero, the bigger the pants.
RmNj TIL that, due to the presence of quinine, tonic water is fluorescent under ultraviolet light or even the sun (pics inside!)
VmZm TIL You cannot actually buy the name of a star. The International Astronomical Union is the only authority for naming celestial bodies. No countries, authorities, or scientists in the world will recognize a purchased star name.
YpAwx TIL About Malcolm Myatt who in 2013 had a stroke and due to damage to his frontal lobe lost the ability to feel sad.
e0rw4 TIL 94% of male giraffe sexual encounters are with other male giraffes. Every 16 out of 17 mountings in a 3 year Tanzanian national park study we’re male-on-male mountings. 9 of the 16 mountings featured an unsheathed penis.