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TIL Cats have kidneys so efficient that they can rehydrate on seawater.

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b95yQ TIL that when it opened in 1955, Disneyland featured an educational attraction themed around the history of women's underwear, sponsored by the Hollywood-Maxwell Brassiere Company. It even featured its own animatronic mascot, the Wonderful Wizard of Bras.
PYGwO TIL that insider trading has only been illegal in Japan since 1988, and even today many Japanese don't understand why it's a crime since it was formerly regarded as common sense.
dDEPK TIL "bugger" was first used to describe "Bulgarian" heretics during the Albigensian Crusade. Many sympathized with the victims of the crusade because of their moral purity, so the Catholic clergy launched a vilifying campaign against them, associating them with unorthodox sexual practices and sodomy
rNmGx TIL Geologists were able to determine the origin of the 9,300+ Japanese Incendiary bomb balloons launched against the US during WWII by analyzing the sand used in the ballast of the balloons
GYZDE TIL in the aftermath of Katrina, Mexico deployed 184 personnel to aid relief,including handing out 100,000+ meals and supplies. This was the first flagged and uniformed deployment of Mexican military personnel in the USA in 150 years.