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TIL Snapping turtles can not only breathe air through their mouth, but can also breathe air through their butt

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9wwkG TIL On June 11, 1955, a Mercedes Benz 300SLR crashed into the stands at Le Mans, killing 82 people, including the driver. Another 300SLR just sold at auction for $143M USD.
v11Ox TIL that the songwriters responsible for "Afternoon Delight" also co-wrote "Take Me Home, Country Roads" with John Denver.
9w05r TIL the oldest recording of a human voice wasn't ever meant to be played back. From 1860.
16k6r TIL that James Michael Tyler initially got the part of Gunther in Friends because he knew how to work a coffee machine and would look authentic when working in the background.
NDvb TIL when Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, its ash cloud circled the planet and changed the global climate. One night in 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley met and told ghost stories inspired by the dark, dismal atmosphere. That night gave birth to Frankenstein and the Byronic Dracula