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TIL during the Apollo program, Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy

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R59p8 TIL Not only do giant pandas defecate around 40 times a day on average and consume their mother's feces, but they also love to roll around in horse manure. They will rub horse manure all over themselves until their entire body is covered. Since they don't hibernate, this helps keep them warm.
8RD4 Today I learned that there is a clock in New Zealand that has been running continuously despite only being wound once in 1864.
W70od TIL that some diseases are so rare that there have been less than 100 reported cases to date. An example of an ultra rare disease is Zimmermann-Laband syndrome, also known as KCNH1.
ogMo TIL of “The Widower”, a dish from Grantham made with 20 infinity chilies and claimed to be the worlds hottest curry. Only one person has ever finished it; he took an hour to finish it and spent 10 minutes of that time hallucinating due to the endorphin rush.
mxxLp TIL that Jackie the lion, one of the mascots for MGM, not only survived two train wrecks, an earthquake, a boat sinking, and an explosion at the studio, but also a plane crash that left him stranded in the Arizona wilderness for days