At some point we have to talk about how Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for far less than what Trump and his Republicans did and are still actively doing.

In 1947, three platypuses were brought to the Bronx Zoo, New York City. One of them, a platypus named Penelope, was an absolute hero so we'll tell you more about her because we like her style.

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It took almost a century between the platypus becoming known to western scientists and conclusively proving that they laid eggs. Oh, and there were a few existential crises along the way.

For the first couple of decades of knowing about platypuses, quite a lot of them were convinced it must be a hoax, because look at it.