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TIL Zebras actually have a black skin, with white stripes - not the other way around.

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W0N4 TIL an African tribe still wears Victorian clothes, the style of former German occupiers that they’ve made their own
woj4o TIL of Kamo Ter-Petrosian, an infamous leader of a Bolshevik gang. Kamo would often test newcomers by ambushing them and putting them through a fake execution. When a recruit revealed himself to be a spy, Kamo had him shot, then tore out the man's heart and showed it to other recruits as a lesson.
16RlW TIL that in 34 U.S. states, women are legally allowed to go topless anywhere a man can. The practice is only explicitly illegal in two states, with the remaining 14 having ambiguous legal situations.
a8drZ TIL about the "Pigeon Paradox": During World War II, the British military used homing pigeons to carry messages. Despite advancements in technology, the pigeons were considered more reliable and less detectable than radio transmissions.
1aPr4 TIL that History Channel had a show called "hunting hitler" that posited the idea that hitler escaped his bunker, and the cast of the show thought a picture of Moe Howard (one of the Three Stooges) was literally Hitler