W7bGB TIL a 10-pound mini dachshund named Valerie survived alone for 529 days in the Australian bush after she ran away during a camping trip to Kangaroo Island (a remote island in southern Australia). She was eventually spotted and captured (after 2 months of trying) before being returned to her owners.
9wX0B TIL that the islands of St Helena and Tristan da Cunha has its own dialect of English called the South Atlantic English, complete with its unique non-standard grammar
nWMGd TIL after reviewing the case of a patient who was mistakenly taken for another patient's invasive electrophysiology procedure (including the results of the institution's "root-cause analysis"), analysts found 17 distinct errors had occurred. No single one of which could've caused the event by itself
4kW0b TIL that a 71-year-old man in Rwanda, Callixte Nzamwita, says he has lived in complete isolation for 55 years due to an extreme fear of women known as gynophobia.
x6nO0 TIL walruses feed by literally sucking live clams right out of their shells. They are able to create a vacuum in their mouths by drawing their tongues back like a piston. Walruses in captivity are able to suck five pound metal plugs out from the bottom of their pools.
epbMg TIL: Study reveals fascinating co - evolution of large brains and dexterous hands in primates. Using Bayesian methods on 95 species, it shows long thumbs (for precision grasping) link to bigger brains across the order.
VBbGG TIL by 2006, ‘Eric the eel’ from the 2000 Olympics improved his performance to within 4 seconds of the actual world record.
X0bGX TIL that by using prosthetic goat-like legs, eating grass using an artificial rumen, Thomas Thwaites managed to explore the life of goats, write a book, and win an Ig Nobel Prize.
OGvEL TIL Spotted Hyenas have a pseudopenis
69w0Y TIL that Costco sells gold for up to $13,650.00 and there are several reviews.
wo46J TIL the 1932 film Rasputin and the Empress implied Rasputin attacked Princess Irina Yusupov. The Princess sued for libel and won settlements of $127,373 in England and $250,000 in New York. This led to the 'all persons fictitious' disclaimer now standard in films.
R5yZw TIL that for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame there is a $85000 fee plus an application process.