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TIL the roar in the MGM lion is really a tiger
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Our fear of fevers made us terrified of even a slight increase in body temperature.
dBmQ
TIL that redheads need more anesthesia during surgery and produce their own vitamin D.
9Yag7
TIL to defend a South African city under siege in 1899, a mining engineer from Detroit built a 155' high watchtower with search lights and telephones, a water supply system, a bulk refrigeration plant, two armored trains, artillery shells, a cannon, and also the tools needed to build the cannon
N7gre
TIL that the phrase "o'clock" is short for "of the clock" and comes from a time when people had to specify their time came from a clock instead of a sundial or other device.
0wojp
TIL Cambodia has never experienced severe famine in its modern history other than during Pol Pots "Super Great Leap Forward"