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TIL The Mad Hatterpillar wears its old heads as hats.

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w4ME TIL that the Wadi-Al-Hitan site in Egypt contains hundreds of fossilized whales
l8E7 TIL Walt Disney designed emblems for WWII planes and submarines.
N7KJE TIL Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum kept painting while hiding from the Nazis, chronicling his life of terror. He was killed in Auschwitz
DYvY TIL that on this day, June 25th, 137 years ago, two Cheyenne women shoved their sewing awls into the dead George Armstrong Custer’s ears, so he would ‘hear better in the afterlife’ because he had broken his promise to Chief Stone Forehead never to fight against Native Americans again.
XEvYr TIL of Ching Shih. Originally a prostitute who married a pirate, she ended up commanding a fleet of 20,000-40,000 pirates, battling the Portuguese empire, British empire, and Qing Dynasty at various stages. She married her adopted son, had two children with him and died a free woman at age 69.