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TIL that it's called "splooting", when squirrels and other animals lay flat to cool themselves down.

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R50Z1 TIL that English speakers proposed abbreviating Coordinated Universal Time as CUT. French speakers proposed abbreviating it as TUC (for "temps universel coordonné"). Neither side got what they wanted, as the official abbreviation is "UTC".
W4EX TIL of Julius Yego, a Kenyan javelin thrower who learned the sport and techniques by watching YouTube videos. He competed in London Olympics and this year he won gold at 2015 World Championships. He is known as “Mr YouTube man”.
eGg6 TIL that there are only six people left on the planet who can still ‘speak’ the whistled language known as sfyria
ADGwo TIL that Karl Pilkington's brother was kicked out of the army for driving a tank down the high street to get a packet of fags.
0d8kN TIL: in 1933 Western Australia voted to leave the Australian federation. On the same day as the referendum they voted in a pro stay state government and secession never happened.