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Today I learned that wale vomit over time has an earthly smell to it

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BgZoL TIL the most honored rank of English chivalry is the Order of Garter. The unique item is worn on the left leg below the knee. Embroidered on the blue velvet is the motto Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Shame on Him Who Thinks Evil of It).
0wJyR TIL of the grasshopper mouse that hunts scorpions, turns venom into painkiller and howls like a wolf to lay claim to its territory.
QNDOd TIL Taliban leader Mullah Omar lived close to US bases when he was one of the most wanted men in the world
jNp8Q TIL that, in the 1936 presidential election, incumbent President FDR won the greatest electoral landslide since the beginning of the two-party system in the 1850s.
e01aL TIL in 1945 a malfunctioning toilet forced a German U-boat to the surface off the coast of Scotland after the commander accidentally let water into the boat that came into contact with batteries causing the boat to fill with chlorine gas. It was promptly attacked and sunk by a British aircraft.