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TIL Beluga Whales have squishy heads

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5Vo9R TIL Pablo Escobar's Medellin drug cartel wrote off 10% of their money annually due to soilage because it would lie untouched for so long that rats would eat it or it would become water damaged.
d8mnr TIL Hurricane names are predetermined. There are six years of names that get rotated. If a hurricane is particularly devastating (Katrina) the name is removed from the list.
XE1nR TIL that diamond, despite being the hardest material known, will shatter if hit with a hammer. Hardness means resistance to scratching; toughness is a different property.
b9Xkp TIL that some stray dogs in Moscow have mastered its complex subway system. They get on and off at regular stops. They also know how to deal with the Metro’s crowds and loud noises, distractions that domesticated dogs can’t often handle.
x6mgk TIL the insects we call “skeeter eaters” DON’T actually eat mosquitos…who did their PR?