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TIL the only two mammals who still lay eggs, Echidnas and Platypuses, are also the only two mammals who have no resemblance of teats on their bodies. Nursing young lick the milk off of their mother's fur that is secreted out of their skin, like sweat, via their mammary glands.

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G01N TIL during the siege of Stalingrad the commanding officer Friedrich Paulus was promoted to Field Marshal with the expectation he commit suicide rather than surrender. After he surrendered he was heard saying “I have no intention of shooting myself for a Bohemian corporal”. He lived till 1957.
7Qlx TIL a trans woman wasn’t allowed to change her gender marker to female at the DMV, so she went outside and took off her shirt. She was arrested, despite her license saying “Male”
XkJr TIL the French philosopher Voltaire scoffed at Isaac Newton for thinking men would one day travel at speeds greater than 50mph
5J5p TIL: There is an organization in Japan that provides “ejaculation care” for severely disabled patients. The name of their organization is “White Hands”.
D11Lp TIL of the "Just Missed it Club," a group of people who, for one reason or another did not sail on the Titanic. One of these members was Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, son of the late shipping and railroad mogul Cornelius Vanderbilt. He died in the Lusitania disaster 3 years later.