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TIL Humans are the only animals that can cry from emotion, other animals that cry can only do so to lubricate their eyes.

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VMEo4 TIL A Swedish sailor shipwrecked on an island inhabited by cannibals. He was captured and taken to a local king, whose daughter fell in love with him. He married, had nine children with her, and became the king after his father-in-law.
9RYQ TIL That Canada is the only host nation in the history of the games not to win a gold medal in their own Summer Olympic Games (Montreal 1976)
wZ1J TIL Athletes poop their pants a lot.
NaWP TIL that Polar Bears have black skin and translucent fur, and only appear white because of luminescence
X01kE TIL the Great Horned Owl can be as big as 2' tall with a 4'6" wingspan and still weigh only 5 pounds. Their talons have the crush strength of a German Shepherd's bite, about 300 lbs/sq inch, so they can break the spines of their prey.