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TIL I learned that catfish can breathe partly through their butts -- and maybe we can too. So can loaches (a type of freshwater fish) and orb-weaving spiders, and apparently also mice, rats, and pigs. (Bonus: So can some turtles.)

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wop8W TIL that if you have bell clapper deformity, your testicles hang in your scrotum and swing freely, like a clapper in a bell. This free-swinging can lead to testicular torsion, a painful condition in which your testicle twists and loses its blood supply, requiring emergency care.
ADdXd TIL that Washing DC has a higher population than Wyoming and Vermont however, they do not have any representation in Congress.
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gMBdD TIL A small island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay named Tangier Island still speaks a dialect of Old Modern English that sounds the most like British English.
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