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TIL the Scorpion Mouse is carnivorous, immune to venom, and howls like a wolf to claim territory

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ornr TIL that Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew
epOLb TIL that Alcatraz, the famous high-security SF jail, was once a crucial military outpost in the Gold Rush years
eW5 TIL More men are raped in America than women
ADEk4 TIL Landing humans on the Moon required the most sudden burst of technological creativity and the largest commitment of resources ever made by any nation in peacetime. At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities.
x6oPD TIL: Prior to the D-Day landings, men were covertly sent ashore from submarines to collect samples of the sand to see whether it could support the weight of the tanks, trucks and other vehicles.