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TIL Lake Baikal in Siberia has more water than all the Great Lakes combined.

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e040J TIL that Orcas/Killer Whales are “apex predators”, which means no other animal feeds on them.
Z8kXQ TIL that you are taller in the morning than you are at night. While we are lying down in a resting position, the spine is said to “spread out” or decompress, so when we wake in the morning we are taller after lying in bed all night.
aVBA TIL two vegan parents severely ignored dietary and medical needs of their child resulting in her death, and they never went to jail for it.
WkZOA TIL that when microbiologist Curt Jones tried to freeze cow feed with liquid nitrogen to turn it into mini pellets, he was inspired to do the same with ice cream and invented Dippin' Dots.
8eLAX TIL that due to their long association with humans, dogs have evolved the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet, which would be inadequate for other canid species.