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TIL that whales’ throats and blowholes aren’t connected. Also, what they spray isn’t water, but a mixture of condensation and mucus.

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nWE8b TIL: The Iran Blizzard of February 1972, recorded as the deadliest in history, took over 4,000 lives during a week-long storm burying southern Iran under 7.9 meters of snow. The catastrophe unfolded after four years of drought, leaving a profound impact on the region.
yQMwJ TIL that in Pakistan, half of all marriages are between first or second cousins.
R9b4 TIL that in 2013 a man found where his kidnapped cousin was being kept, kicked down the door, and killed her abductor
0dNnR TIL A Roman soldier mooned at crowds in Jerusalem, causing a stampede which left 10k people dead
OoEML TIL the population of English rabbits in Australia grew from 24 in 1859 to an estimated 10 billion in the 1920s!