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TIL Warsaw, Poland uses 8 clams to detect the purity of the drinking water. If 6 or more clams suddenly close their shells for at least 4 minutes, it sets off an alarm that toxins have been detected.

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1a44P TIL that a man in Idaho went on vacation, and returned to find that a bear broke into his condo through a second story door, ate food, and defecated on his carpet. He closed the door to keep the bear away, but the bear then tried to enter through the cat door, only managing to poke its head in
DQQZY TiL that Pablo Fanque, a figure name-checked in the Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", was the first recorded Black circus owner in Britain.
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