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TIL Peruvian lilies are false lilies and aren’t toxic to cats

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9YrK6 TIL that people in the final stages of hypothermia end up trying to enter small, enclosed spaces. This is called terminal burrowing, and is believed by researchers to be an autonomous process, controlled by the brain stem.
DGVV TIL A Bachelorette type TV show aired in the UK where, unbeknownst to the contestants the, ‘Bachelorette’ was a pre-op transexual woman the whole time.
7rnYx TIL That fuzzy dice hanging on a rear view mirror is a good luck charm with the origins based on WWII pilots keeping gambling trinkets in their air planes.
6EvYw TIL Mickey Mouse becomes public domain on January 1, 2024.
OGxM4 TIL of Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiat woman who lived for two years, 8 months of those years alone, as a castaway on the uninhabited Wrangel Island. She survived by learning to hunt foxes, build boats, and sew parkas out of reindeer skin.