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TIL Zebras fart with every stride when running away from a predator

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x6LQ1 TIL that Waikiki Beach in Hawaii is almost entirely artificial. Sand was brought in from Manhattan Beach, CA via barge to Waikiki as early as the 1920s. Sand imports ceased in the 1970s, with sand from about 2000 feet offshore used to replenish now.
e6M4 TIL: Rick Moranis was on board for a Spaceballs sequel called - Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II
4J5N TIL that Oxford university is older than the Aztec empire
EkOd TIL Maria Shriver said to her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger in regards to his movie Red Sonja, “If this doesn’t kill your career, nothing will”.
BgxlD TIL of Operation Gideon (2020): a failed attempt by American private military company, Silvercorp, to get rid of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, and place pro-U.S. Juan Guaidó in power.