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TIL imitation vanilla is made out of "brown slime" that come from a beaver's anus

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J1jpv TIL that despite being organisms with highly intricate nervous systems and an impressive level of intelligence, many octopus species only live for roughly 1-5 years.
W1DL TIL that two of Saturn’s moons, Janus and Epimetheus, only have an orbital altitude difference of 50km. Due to this, one moon will ‘catch up’ to the other every four years, and they will begin a 100 day process in which they exchange orbital positions.
69o4w TIL Legend says the philosopher Laozi wrote about the Dao as he was leaving China and the border guard insisted that he write down his teachings first. Laozi wrote a book about the dao and de in 5000 words and was never seen again
5YWyR TIL that a square-shaped building with a volume of 1.2 billion cubic meters could fit inside Earth's entire human population.
Y714G TIL that birds are taxonomically considered reptiles and crocodiles are more closely related to birds than lizards.