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TIL that pandas love to roll around in horse manure, and some scientists think that this could help them survive winters by blocking the receptors in the body that sense cold

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kOBO4 TIL That Harry Houdini stipulated in his will that all his props should be "destroyed and burned" after the death of his brother. His brother sold them instead. In 1995, a fire destroyed the museum where the props were kept.
ernJ TIL in 1918 a carrier pigeon saved 194 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been blinded in one eye, shot through the breast, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
Yp4e7 TIL in 2014 Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols admitted to spending 10,000 euros on iPad games
v1we4 TIL that when you blackout from drinking, it's because of the effects that alcohol has on the hippocampus. You don't forget anything. Your brain doesn't record new memories.
4Aag TIL that lead exposure correlates with low IQ and aggresssion, and that many violent areas in the world still use lead gasoline