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TIL There’s no word for a group of Koalas because they are solitary animals

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Nn6N TIL many American Indian tribal people recognized four genders: Masculine Men, Feminine Men, Masculine Women, and Feminine Women. The “two-spirit” individuals would mix both “male” and “female” clothing and duties. MM+FM and FW+MW relationships weren’t regarded as homosexual.
7rj6r TIL that the only fatality in the 1914 wartime sinking of the HMS Audacious was a sailor on another ship 800 yards away who was killed by a flying chunk of armor when the fully evacuated Audacious exploded
D1eBY TIL that the International Space Station has been described as the most expensive single item ever constructed at $150 billion.
9wQdB TIL about Aleksandr Karelin, a wrestler with a record of 887 wins and 2 losses, who also went undefeated for 13 years.
Wk4Q4 TIL about a population of Greater Rheas (Nandus) that established itself in Northern Germany after 7 birds escaped a farm in 2000. As of 2018 their number has reached as many as 566