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TIL Squirrels are the “King of the power outages” being the #1 cause of animal related outages in the US

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oBpDY TIL that Maldivian is written using a unique alphabet which uses Arabic numerals as its first nine consonants, and Indic numerals for the following nine. The script may have been invented as a secret code before being adopted for more general use.
VMy74 TIL: In 2013 a cat guided a lost hiker down a Swiss mountain,the little feline made sure the man wasn't left behind by checking on him every now and then.Once they reached their destination they parted ways.
XEy7D TIL why noses run when it's cold out. Lungs are irritated by cold and dry air, so the nose gets more blood to keep it warm, and secretes more liquid to increase the humidity of the air you breathe in.
XXlR TIL in 2007 during the writers strike, Steve Carell ( star of the American sitcom , The Office) refused to cross picket lines. He went as far as calling in sick. His excuse was “enlarged balls”.
9EA7 TIL the British government has a position called “Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office” that can only be given to a cat