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TIL that flamingos can drink near-boiling water from geysers - they live in a high-salt environment, and this is often the freshest source of water available

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mxBLo TIL Robin Williams funded a scholarship at his alma mater, Juilliard, that saw a full-ride given to a student every two years. One of the people who won the award was future Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, who became the first person from her family to go to college
Q5Je TIL Beluga Whales have been known to mimic human speech, even tricking a group of divers by issuing an “out of the water” order.
OoDKX TIL that the people on house hunters already bought a house before the show and the rest is staged
AD9Nn TIL Tokyo has its own superhero. He’s Mangetsu-Man, a self-made hero who’s taken up the responsibility of keeping the city clean. He wears a “full moon” head, purple bodysuit, oversized UGG boots with matching gloves, and uses a voice dictation app to hide his voice.
m8pp TIL most Dutch parents allow their teens to have “Romantic Sleepovers”; where the know in advance their child is having a boy/girl over to stay the night and have sex, and approve of it.