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TIL that box turtles are hinged on the bottom and are named for their ability to fold completely into a box-like shape.

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p8lNb TIL of Joy Milne - A Scottish woman who astounded doctors by being able to smell Parkinson disease.
69vrZ TIL the patrol boats used by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War were powered by jets manufactured by Jacuzzi
ANBAl TIL that 55% of the sugar produced in the US came from sugar beets. In North America, commercial production of sugar from sugar beets started at a farm in 1879 in Alvarado, California.
7rGBZ TIL when Jackie Chan was working as a nightclub bouncer, he spent two days after a fight trying to push his bone back into his fist. He later found that it wasn’t his bone, it was in fact the other guy’s tooth.
lo045 TIL Tanzania auctions off Hippo Teeth 'Ivory' allegedly to collect money to fund conservation efforts for the said animal