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TIL the 9th of November is called Schicksalstag in Germany, because multiple historically very important events happened on that day such as the november revolution 1918, the Hitler Putsch in 1925, the Kristallnacht in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

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J1M51 TIL American Top 40 voice Casey Kasem was also the voice of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo.
wL8KW TIL of Tyke a circus elephant who after years of abuse, killed her trainer and injured her groomer. She bolted out of the arena and roamed the streets of Honolulu for about 30 mins before she was finally put down by police. Tyke became symbolic of circus tragedies and a symbol for animal rights.
Xv4k TIL Women used to bald just like men but that feature died out due to reproductive selection in prehistoric society.
9w856 TIL the Peregrine Falcon was saved from extinction when scientists invented copulation hats (commonly known as "fuck hats") to mimic female mating and later collect male semen
0wK8N TIL sperm whales got their name from late 18th century commercial whalers who discovered the enormous white fluid-filled organ in the whale's head and misinterpret it for sperm fluid. This organ which is now called the spermaceti organ is actually used as a powerful echolocation equipment.