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TIL you shouldn’t give children under 6 months old water, as among other reasons, their kidneys cannot filter plain water - leaving them susceptible to water intoxication.

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x66w1 TIL polar bears have transparent hollow fur and black skin
b9KAQ TIL of Rebecca Twigg. After winning two Olympic medals in cycling, six world championships, and appearing in Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, and numerous commercials, Twigg abruptly dropped out of the sport, had trouble holding down a desk job, and has been living on the street for years.
1aWQV TIL the Portuguese man o' war isn't a singular organism; instead, it's made up of specialized individual animals of the same species
7neP TIL that Peter Pan will never go out of copyright in the UK, because of a special law that was passed in 1987 which distributes all royalties from the story and related works to a children’s hospital in London.
6EolX TIL That when Washington D.C. was first built and the federal government moved there, there was no building for the Supreme Court. They had no permanent meeting place until 1810, when they moved into the north wing (Senate) of the Capitol and stayed there until 1935 when they had their own building.