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TIL Margaret Thatcher was more proud of being the first UK Prime Minister with a science degree than she was of being the first female Prime Minister.

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PYEWe TIL Kangaroos have tremendous endurance. In other animals metabolic rate increases with speed, but it levels off once Kangaroos start hopping due to the efficiency of elastic recoil.
OG7Y TIL that some birds can be born and exist as gynandromorphs, meaning that they have both genders as well as male and female appearances, divided laterally
yVyev TIL - There are many Scientologists who have chosen to independently practice the beliefs and techniques of Scientology for decades, with absolutely no influence from the official Church. The Church considers them heretics.
W7Y7A TIL in 1858 a brawl in Congress that had erupted over slavery ended in laughter when a representative put their wig on backwards
69WYl TIL that in the movie Vanilla Sky, Penelope Cruz plays the same character she played in the 1997 Spanish movie it was based on called Open Your Eyes and both her characters were called Sofia.