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TIL that in 2019 an arctic fox used sea ice to travel 2,179 miles from a Norwegian island to Canada. The trip took just 76 days.

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QvR9 TIL that the phrase “get some” (in the sexual sense) is attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
GY9W7 TIL that the commonly known information regarding Daddy Long Legs as being extremely venomous with brittle teeth not strong enough to bite humans is actually a myth. Scientists have no idea how this factoid spread.
PYwge TIL because Wayne wheeler was stabbed in the leg with a pitchfork by a drunk farmhand he dedicated his life to banning alcohol and eventually achieved prohibition.
N7o11 TIL of German physicist Max von Laue whose opposition to the Nazi regime is famous. Beyond the story of him melting his Nobel medal he also tended to carry parcels in his hands just to avoid giving the Hitler Salute
0wM8R TIL male platypus venom contains a hormone that promotes insulin release, called GLP-1; it's found in humans but degrades quickly. Platypuses make a long-lasting form of it, paving the way to new diabetes treatment; the platypus GLP-1 can be made in the lab so no platypuses will be needed for it.