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TIL riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones

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R7bgl TIL a coconut crab can grow up to 1m in length, actually cracks open coconuts with its claws, and can't swim.
VMAWk TIL that the phrase "blood is thicker than water" originally meant the opposite. The full phrase is “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Meaning bonds formed by choice are stronger than those of simple genetics.
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