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TIL the average depth of the North Sea is only about 95m (312ft)

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gBnW TIL the Labrador dog is from Newfoundland and the Newfoundland dog is from Labrador.
VMyom TIL about Superfecundation and Superfetation. Rare but possible in humans, in Superfecundation the mother produces several eggs at the same time, they are fertilized by different fathers, and she has twins. Superfetation is when a woman ovulates while pregnant and has two pregnancies at once.
d85Ad TIL that the dinosaur noises in the "Jurassic Park" movie were made from recordings of tortoise sex.
rNDQe TIL that the Australian Senate is comprised of elected members who actively take part in legislation, whereas in other countries that use the Westminster system, e.g. the U.K. and Canada, the upper house of government is appointed and mostly just reviews bills that the lower house sends their way.
epvjn TIL about Ralph Lazo, the only non-spouse non-Japanese American citizen to volunteer to live in the Japanese-American internment camps during WW2. He would later leave the camp to join the US Army to help expel the Japanese military from the Philippines, earning a Bronze Star Medal.