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TIL that hippo sweat contains a chemical that has an SPF factor to prevent them from getting sunburned.

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KxmB TIL In 1998, a NY couple, Donald and Mildred Othmer, bequeathed $800 million to various institutions. Donald was a professor, Mildred a former teacher, they had no children and lived modestly. But back in the 60s, they invested their savings with an old family friend from Omaha, Warren Buffet.
M7VAW TIL that Andrew Jackson's grey parrot Poll attended his funeral, and "commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house.”
yQoGv TIL of Emergence, the phenomenon of complex systems, like ant colonies and cells, coming from simpler pieces.
gZe7 TIL that there’s a house in the Adirondack Mountains that’s perfectly designed to survive the end of the world.
woKpM TIL Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby was drafted into the U.S. Army during WWII, landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy. When a lieutenant found out he was a comics artist, he made Kirby a scout who would advance into towns and draw reconnaissance maps and pictures, an extremely dangerous duty.