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TIL tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

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R7AO7 TIL dogs have a special tastebuds on the end of their tongue dedicated to tasting water.
QYbL TIL of the Gruen transfer - the moment when you enter a shopping mall and forget why you’re there because of the intentionally confusing layout.
GAMj1 TIL the name ‘Anakin’ originated from Star Wars. When I (25) was like 5, I had a friend named Anakin, so I always assumed that it was a normal name that Star Wars just used for the character.
v1oX8 TIL that in 1845, the founders of a new city in Oregon flipped a coin to decide if they would name it after Boston, Massachusetts or Portland, Maine. Portland won 2 out of 3 tosses and the name stuck
yZmp TIL there is a genetic mutation that causes your bones to become very dense. One person that suffered from this had a bone density that was eight times higher than the average male; he used to sink like a stone when he tried to swim and once came out of a car accident without a single fracture.