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TIL Dog hair is up to 80% warmer than wool but not elastic.

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NXdV8 TIL that in 2017 the Bison became the first national mammal for the United States
nWPXY TIL of Saminists, a group of peasants in modern day Indonesia who, during the Dutch occupation, went to the woods to build self sufficient communes that refused to pay tax or participate in trade as a rejection of colonialism and capitalism.
aZB0 TIL that the Giant Squid has a doughnut shaped brain with their esophagus running through the hole in the center. If it swallows anything too big, it could damage its brain.
4DXb TIL The ADHD drugs Ritalin and Adderall bind to the same receptors in the brain as cocaine and methamphetamine, respectively. Ritalin has the same effect on the brain as cocaine and Adderall has the same effect as meth, and the only difference is their potency.
R7Bb4 TIL: there is a radioactive mass created by the Chernobyl disaster that is so dense it could only be pierced by an AKM rifle, destroyed any camera that tried to take a picture of it (photographs had to be made with a mirror), and ate through 2m of materials to arrive at its current location.