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TIL alligators can sense when a body of water is about to freeze, and will stick their noses above the surface and allow themselves to be frozen in place.

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kO474 TIL that logo of the popular Japanese rock band, Greeeen is of a mouthful of teeth because the members are actual dentists irl. They have never shown their faces in the public and their identities are still unknown to protect their dentistry careers.
Pwrn TIL that in classical Athens, which is considered the place where democracy was born, only 30.000 adult male citizens had a right to vote. Their laws and decisions affected as much as 2,5 million people in the period of Athenian hegemony.
4XkmN TIL preparations for Y2K computer bug costed world US$300 billion ($417 billion today)
EVwo TIL that two brothers survived the Lusitania sinking, but became separated in the aftermath. Each sent a telegram to their father explaining that they had survived and were looking for their brother. In receiving both telegrams, their father knew both sons had survived before they knew themselves.
v1kVr TIL that, Hinduism has 5 schools of thought out of 11 that are atheist, largely due to belief in Karma.