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TIL that crocodiles and alligators are practically immortal
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TIL that platypus can produce milk but they dont have teats; instead they concentrate their milk in their stomach and sweat the milk.
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TIL The Oldest Surviving Mosque in the USA is in Cedar Rapids Iowa
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TIL that, in 1923, a horse jockey named Frank Hayes suffered a heart attack, and died, mid-race. However, his horse kept on going, and won first place. Hayes had never won a race before, and the odds of a win from him were 20-1
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TIL the submarine, the USS Tullibee, sunk itself after a torpedo it fired ran a circular course back around. The only survivor, Clifford Kuykendall, was thrown from the bridge into the water, when he awoke the Tullibee was gone and he reported hearing voices in the water for 10 minutes, then silence
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TIL in the early 1900’s, King Edward VII of Wales was too fat to button the bottom button on his suit. Out of respect all his subjects did the same, and the tradition of never using the bottom button remains to this day.