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TIL giraffes fight by swinging their necks at each other.

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Omne TIL because ant-eating frogs go hunting for bugs in tiny and hard-to-access places, scientists use them as a tool to go where they can’t go. By flushing their stomachs, the amphibians vomit whatever is in their bellies—revealing potential treasures, like the new ant Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri
jNOZp TIL Finland played a major role in the creation of skateboarding, thanks to the work of architect Alvar Aalto who created iconic "kidney pool" design
W7NGN TIL in 2007 two Americans re-discovered Pure Nacional cacao trees thought to have been completely wiped out by disease in the early 20th century. The ancient Nacional varietal was cultivated more than 5,000 years ago, and is thought to produce the world’s most exquisite (and expensive) chocolate.
QJ5KE TIL: It would take 176 hours to charge an iPhone 11 Pro with the electricity generated by the average human brain. On average, at any given moment, your brain’s electricity is outputting roughly 0.085 Watts of power.
QYne TIL in 2005 Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness” with its current meaning: the quality of seeming true but not necessarily being true.