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TIL Gears have been discovered in an insect. Interlocking cogs evolved in nature long before we invented them. (VIDEO LINK)

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GY5OG TIL a snuffle mat is made from fabric strips tied to a rubber mat. The mats are meant to hide treats for your dog inside the curly fabric strips. Snuffle mats combine a scenting game with mental stimulation for dogs which have a sense of smell up to 100 million times a human.
v1L8K TIL 9 and 1/2 weeks the film was based on a book about an actual short term adventurous relationship that turns abusive, and is actually noticeably darker than the film.
PYXlw TIL The woman killed in the Gare Montparnasse accident was filling in for her husband at his newspaper stand
xOLD TIL that Cows will stand along the Earth’s magnetic poles - facing either north or south whenever they’re grazing or resting regardless of wind or other factors. Nobody is sure why.
X0pO6 TIL about Skeeter syndrome, a severe allergic reaction to mosquito (skeeter) bites