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TIL: the tv series Flipper only ran for 3 seasons, but made 88 episodes.

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NXLPM TIL that despite having herbivorous diets similar to cattle, which release large quantities of digestive methane through exhaling and burping, kangaroos release virtually none; the hydrogen byproduct is converted into acetate instead, then used to provide further energy
4DGg TIL that Greenland would have a massive lake in the middle if not for its ice sheet
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