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TIL that sea otters have a loose pouch under their armpits where they store their favorite rocks for cracking open shellfish. Some otters use the same rock for years, keeping it safe like a prized tool.

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Y7xkG TIL of St. Peter Stiftskulinarium, a restaurant in Austria that's believed to have been open since 803 making it the oldest still active restaurant in the world. Its clientele are believed to have included Christopher Columbus, Johann Georg Faust, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
D1DWJ TIL that after completing his 20 yr sentence in 2000, John Lennon's killer has been denied parole every 2 years since. Next parole hearing is Aug 2020.
vPjor TIL of immune privilege, where parts of your body that would be damaged by an immune response (inflammation, high temperature) work outside of your body's immune system, including your eyes and testes.
78ok7 TIL of Pájaro Verde, a toxic moonshine beverage concocted in Chilean prisons with the ingredients consisting of sugar, rice, rotted fruits and also includes things such as turpentine, paint thinners and paint. There have been cases of prisoners mixing their feces in it to aid in fermentation.
wo0xM TIL about a 1960s era Canadian device that supposedly tested whether or not you were a homosexual