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TIL that a robotic exploration of Loch Ness found a sunken Loch Ness monster movie prop

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VeBZ TIL a man with cerebral palsy was forced to crawl off of his flight when United Airlines staff failed to provide him with the proper assistance.
JY8Bv TIL a pregnant American black bear can give birth without ever emerging from hibernation. She doesn’t even need to rouse herself to care for her young, instead she can nurse her cubs for months by drawing from her reserves of stored fat.
78Job TIL that The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family during WW2
5YVYk TIL that people who acquire blindness still have visual dreams, but people who have been blind since birth have auditory dreams.
yV5Aw TIL Charles Browne Fleet was a pharmacist and inventor of the laxative and chapstick. His company, C.B. Fleet still operates producing laxatives, douches, micro-enemas, and other products of the sort.