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TIL that female snakes have 2 clitorises

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RoLw TIL when the Roman emperor Galba was assassinated, 120 people claimed they’d done it, in order to win favor with his successor. The successor died too, and HIS successor had all 120 executed
OGV6 TIL that in the 60s, General Electric designed a system that could bring an astronaut from orbit to the Earth’s surface in an emergency. The system consisted of a plastic bag that would be filled with polyurethane foam, a small deorbit rocket, and a parachute. It could fit into a suitcase.
yQoRp TIL of a couple who willed ~$900k to the U.S. government, believed to be a "thank you" for the freedoms of living in the U.S. after escaping Nazi-controlled territory in WWII
Wknoo TIL of Clifford Johnson who survived the Cocoanut Grove fire and became the most severely burned person to survive his injuries at his time while trying to save his date. 21 months later he would marry his nurse that treated him at the hospital and die in fiery car crash 15 years later.
R7AL9 TIL In 2018, Massive Attack encoded an album into synthetic DNA to mark it's 20th anniversary. Spraycans were made with the DNA encoded audio within matt black paint, each can containing approx a million copies of the album