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TIL riding roller coasters can help you pass kidney stones
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TIL a coconut crab can grow up to 1m in length, actually cracks open coconuts with its claws, and can't swim.
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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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TIL In June 2009, the government of Greenland, the Naalakkersuisut, made Greenlandic the sole official language of the autonomous territory, to strengthen it in the face of competition from the colonial language, Danish. The main variety is Kalaallisut, or West Greenlandic.
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TIL the owner of Walter White's house hates Breaking Bad because fans of the show would throw pizza on his rooftop, the creator Vince Gilligan made a public plea for fans to stop throwing pizzas on the house's roof.
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TIL The Republic of Liberia began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society, who believed African Americans would face better chances for freedom in Africa than in the United States.