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TIL of Danette the cow that survived floating a 95km (59mi) journey down a river when she was washed out of her paddock during a flood

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rBg4 TIL that under current South Korean laws if war breaks out South Korea doesn’t want to control its own military; instead, it wants the Americans to tell them what to do.
p8L8G TIL there were more first responders that died due to illnesses linked to 9/11 than those that died on the day of the attacks.
8YNL TIL Due to over 60 years of separation, differences in the language have developed between South and North Korea. This leads to many hardships for North Korean defectors after they escape, because they have to relearn Korean.
x61Nk TIL that Honda sold a rebadged version of the 90s era Land Rover Discovery in Japan
JY181 Did you wake up today with a craving for clay, or dirt? That’s called pica, an abnormal craving for substances other than typical food. If you went ahead and acted on your impulse, it's probably a good idea to head over to your doctor’s office. Research indicates that in most cases this craving is a result of a mineral or vitamin deficiency. This brings us to this week’s Today I Learned, as National Geographic Society grantee and ornithologist Luke Powell explains why macaws regularly munch on South American rain forest clay. Yummy! All animals (including humans) need salt to live. Animals that live in the Amazon rain forest face a curious predicament due to the way the Andes mountain range affects weather coming from the Pacific Ocean. This geography results in an extreme lack of salt in the Amazon and, consequentially, some unique behaviors and appetites.EDITOR: Laurence AlexanderSERIES PRODUCER: Chris Mattle