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TIL Rats laugh when you tickle them!

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a1Xo TIL from a dictionary why the ancient Greek civilization of Sparta had no walls:“‘the Spartan king Agesilaus simply pointed to his fellow citizens, armed to the teeth, the most formidable soldiers in Greece: 'Here are the walls of the Spartans.’”
yxOv TIL: During the American Civil War, Russia sent several naval fleets to dock in New York City, just in case Great Britain or France tried to attack the Union.
5YZEk TIL Tea clippers used to race to be the first to deliver their cargo, the price being to sell their cargo at a premium
m7JP TIL on the set of the ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ TV show, while the crew was moving a neon-orange mannequin prop, one of the mannequin’s arms broke off revealing it was a human body. The body was identified as Elmer McCurdy, a criminal who had robbed a train and died in a shoot-out with police.
R59y6 TIL Mongolia has a traditional type of air dried meat called borts. The meat is usually beef, camel, or goat and is cut into thin strips that are then hung up to dry from November to December when the temperature falls below -16’C over 6 to 7 days.