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TIL a sheep and a goat can mate to produce a sheep-goat hybrid called a 'Geep'

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JWv TIL declawing a cat is anatomically the equivalent of removing the entire last bone in a human finger at the joint.
OolrL TIL according to some German soldiers interviewed after the D Day landings, the most amazing thing about the allied invasion was not the immense scale, or anything like the surprise of tanks driving out of the sea, but the fact that the allies did not need to use any horses.
ep68D TIL that at one of the WWII death camps the prisoners rose up & killed most of the guards. After about 300 escaped, fear of discovery led officials try to hide their war crimes by ordering that the camp be closed & sold to a forestry service, who planted trees there.
PYdLV TIL it is a criminal offence in the United Kingdom to intentionally drive through a puddle and splash someone, which carries fines of up to £5000 (about US$6500)
d8mM8 TIL that in the 1940s, penicillin was so limited that it was re-extracted from the urine of patients to conserve it.