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TIL Kangaroo tendons act like springs so little muscular effort is used in hopping

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LQlZm TIL about the city of Palmanova in Italy, that is a 9-pointed star-shaped fortress town that took 200 years to build from 1593 under the Venetian Republic to 1813 under the Napoleonic domination and it's included in UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list
R7Rb1 TIL Phyllis Smith from The Office was a NFL cheerleader and burlesque dancer.
a8e6J TIL the Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan houses several short films that are exclusive and only available to watch there
16WyO TIL Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and eldest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was sent to Dachau concentration camp for his resistance to the Anschluss.
15X TIL There is a subculture in Congo where members dress up like gentlemen.