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TIL Saltwater Crocodiles are great swimmers, often spotted far out at sea, and even eat sharks.

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W7N58 TIL South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's first job in Hollywood was directing a short film for Universal Studios staring Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore and Michael J. Fox.
LQxW0 TIL landscape was sacred for Hittites: "No one violates a boundary or road, for boundaries are the knees of the Storm-god and a road is his chest. If someone violates a boundary, he makes the Storm-god weary in his knees, if someone violates a road, he makes the Storm-god weary in his chest."
4X4gw TIL After North Korea banned Choco pies, South Korea airlifted 10,000 of them across the DMZ with balloons
x65dk TIL estrogen is responsible for the "masculinization" of male brains in early development. Newborn female mice exposed to estrogen will even go on to exhibit male behavior, such as mounting other female mice. Estrogen also plays important roles in memory, stroke prevention, and overall brain health.
QND5e Today I learned Bin Laden had claimed he wasn't behind the 9/11 attacks.