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TIL That Top German Nuclear Scientists Expressed Satisfaction They Didn't Work Hard Enough To Beat US To The Bomb

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VMj8 TIL female koalas have two vaginas, and a male koala’s penis is split into two.
GApo7 TIL Tina Turner shares the record (with Pat Benatar) for most Grammy awards given for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and is the only female artist to win a Grammy in the pop, rock, and R&B fields.
NB91 TIL Matt Smith was almost cast as Doctor Watson in Sherlock, because Martin Freeman was so grumpy in his audition
b6Ml7 TIL the 1965 Spiegelman's Monster experiment demonstrated genetic replication and evolution in real-time at the molecular level, showing how natural selection could drive the emergence of more efficient genetic replication, even in an artificial setting.
wono8 TIL that New York City has a sheriff, and his name is Anthony Miranda