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TIL walruses are capable of eating birds and seals by using their powerful sucking mouthparts to strip the meat off their prey

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nel7P TIL that when the German army broke through French lines in 1918, a small battalion of US marines disregarded general orders to retreat and dug shallow holes with their bayonets. The German advance was stopped after six days of fierce fighting, and the marines had been given a new name-- Devil Dogs.
yVKeJ TIL the term "Going Postal" originates from the 1986 Edmond Post Office Shooting where postal worker Patrick Sherill killed 14 coworkers making it the deadliest workplace shooting in US history
967m TIL sitting straight upright in your chair is bad for your back. You should instead slouch at an angle of 135 degrees.
0woXy TIL of the Chinese Poet, Li Bai. Considered the greatest poet in Chinese literature, a good chunk of his poems are dedicated to alcohol and drunkeness due to his rampant alcoholism. Legend has that he drowned after drunkenly trying to embrace the moon's reflection upon the river during a ferry-ride
v1nKK TIL Only about 10% can freely control the muscle that is stretching the eardrum. "Ear rumbling" is flexing the tensor tympani muscle, that makes the same noise and vibration you sometimes get when swallowing or yawning. Some people can flex it endlessly.