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TIL Female Hyenas have a penis (technically a pseudo-penis) which they use for urination, intercourse, and giving birth.

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N7rVJ TIL the song Iron Man is unrelated to the Marvel character. It’s about a time traveler seeing an apocalyptic future. Back to the present, he is turned into steel by a magnetic storm rendering him mute. He warns people about the apocalypse but when they can't understand him, he causes the apocalypse.
wgE6 TIL In 2011, NASA’s Terra satellite spotted a 150km-wide whirlpool in the S. Atlantic. It stood out because it was glowing.
JxWl TIL One of Amazon’s earliest employees brought his Corgi, Rufus, to work each day. He became such a fixture that the company named a building after him and allows employees to bring their dogs to work. Amazon has over 2,000 four legged “employees”, averaging nearly 600 per day.
0JEv TIL That the pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen, an X-Files spin off, featured a government conspiracy to stage a terrorist hijacking of a 747 and fly it into the world Trade Center. The episode aired in March of 2001.
pYrOA TIL that during the second flight of the BAC TSR-2, the pilot had to pull off the throttle to prevent loss of vision because the fuel pump vibrated at the resonant frequency of the human eyeball.