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TIL: manta rays pass the mirror self-recognition test.

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KQo6 TIL that during Prohibition in the United States, Winston Churchill referred publicly to the Constitutional amendment banning alcohol as “an affront to the whole history of mankind.”
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R9R4 TIL geneticists believe that everybody on earth is at least 50th cousin to everybody else.
VMyRG Researchers have found fossils they say determine almost conclusively that every penguin on Earth originally came from modern-day New Zealand.
OGly4 TIL that in the English Premier League, teams that finish in last place aren't rewarded with the top draft pick, but rather relegated to a lower league, and losing funding.