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TIL Mickey Mouse is nothing but a water molecule.

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NXME8 TIL about the unusual death of a man in Spain in 2021, who died inside the leg of a paper-mache Steosaurus. It was thought the man entered the Stegosaurus to retrieve his phone, and days later was found by a father and son who noticed a smell coming from the statue.
NpZQ TIL the machine largely regarded as the world’s first motorcycle, built in 1867, had a twist-grip throttle - an idea that has not been bettered since.
eDWb TIL that in Russia, bears are addicted to jet fuel, and the sniff it to get high, and then pass out.
VPRm TIL When you experience a “gut feeling,” it’s because the same peptides that are released in your brain are also lining your gastrointestinal tract.
e0E6n TIL Russia is so large that it shares a border with 14 countries and has 11 time zones.