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TIL Hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood

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49Gw TIL that the gender neutral term for a niece/nephew is a nibling, just like the gender neutral term for a brother/sister is a sibling.
BgV7W TIL of Pancho Claus, a “Tex-Mex” cousin of Santa Claus, that gives out toys to kids in Hispanic neighborhoods out of his low rider.
rNVye TIL - There are 12’000 tonnes of ordnance ammunition and bombs in various lakes across Switzerland, including phosgene bombs in lake Geneva (Leman)
LDe0 TIL the instinctive, irrational urge to jump from high places is normal, and called l'appel du vide.
8aXYP TIL Colonel Sanders was involved in a shootout with Matt Stewart, a local competitor, over the repainting of a sign directing traffic to his station. Stewart killed a Shell employee who was with Sanders and was convicted of murder, eliminating Sanders's competition.