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TIL Hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood

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kLEB TIL that only two of the 185 countries in the International Labour Organization do not have laws mandating parental leave- the United States, and Papua New Guinea.
mxMyx TIL of “Cow Tools,” a cartoon described as the most loathed Far Side strip ever, that confused so many readers the newspaper’s phones didn’t stop ringing for two days. The author, Gary Larson, issued a press release explaining the joke after receiving hundreds of letters.
M7xo7 TIL Tourism was popular in ancient rome. The most popular attraction were the pyramids of giza, where local tour guides fed misinformation to the Romans to draw them in and profit from them
rNy71 TIL there is a species of lizard that removes Lyme disease in ticks. A protein in the lizard's blood kills the bacterium in the tick's gut responsible for the disease.
awVVZ TIL Pennsylvania and Connecticut went to war three times over the area that is now Scranton, Pennsylvania