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TIL whales do not drink water but convert their food into metabolic water ????????

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v1L07 TIL Adolf Hitler’s nephew, William Hitler, served int the US Navy during WWII and received a Purple Heart
YpvOA TIL Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado in 1970 on the promises of decriminalizing all drugs and renaming Aspen to "Fat City".
b6oe4 TIL about the USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war that was the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. The ship was built at the Gosport Shipyard between 1853 and 1855 and was named for the earlier frigate of the same name that had been broken up in 1853.
Bgpnk TIL that Texas v. Johnson (1989), the landmark SCOTUS case that upheld the right to burn an American flag as protected speech under the 1st Amendment, was wildly unpopular with the public. 75% of Americans disagreed with the decision, and two thirds supported outlawing flag burning via amendment.
N7noJ TIL that the first known cat with a name was called Nedjem meaning sweet' orpleasant' and dates from the reign of Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC)