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TIL Digesting Duck was an automaton unveiled by Jacques de Vaucanson on 30 May 1764. The duck was made to fake eating and digestion but Vaucanson wished for a real digesting machine. In 2002 Wim Delvoye revealed his "Cloaca Machine" which digested food; the excrement was sold to art collectors.

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nW8WP TIL of the spider genus Hotwheels, named after the Hot Wheels toy line. There is only one species in the genus and has only been found in China.
698w7 TIL In 2011 the 7'2" WNBA center Margo Dydek died after suffering a massive heart attack at the age of 37. She was pregnant with her third child. She had retired after playing 11 seasons.
GLZE TIL the industrial band Ministry named their third album “The Land of Rape and Honey.” Which is the actual town motto for the rural town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan. An agricultural town known for honey and rapeseed production.
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