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TIL There are wild wallaby 'mobs' living in Hawaii, France, England, Scotland, on the Isle of Man, and off the coast of Ireland.

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d8nRE TiL women receiving radiation to their pelvis can have their ovaries transplanted into their forearm (heterotopic transplantation) to be retrieved in the future for IVF and maintain their fertility.
VMXpB TIL consumption of a polar bear's liver can cause hypervitaminosis A. In severe cases, it can cause full-body skin loss, leaving the underlying flesh bloody and exposed
LkArP TIL that in 1995, Theo Müller - head of yoghurt company Müller - was kidnapped and held at gunpoint. Müller threw himself out of the car and promptly returned to work that afternoon.
JYB0l TIL that the word "ninja" is actually pronounced "shinobi" in the native kun'yomi kanji reading. It is a shortened form of "shinobi-no-mono," which translates closely to "stealthy person." "Ninja" is an on'yomi, a pronunciation of the names of the two Japanese letters that make up the term.
b9ZO4 TIL about Freddie Oversteegen. She, along with her sister and friend, would flirt with Nazi collaborators and lure them to the woods for a promised makeout session. Once they reached a remote location, the men got a bullet to the head instead of a kiss.