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TIL rats cant vomit, at all.

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4XPj5 TIL that an unusually high tide in January 1912 is thought to have contributed to an unusually high number of large icebergs in the area that would normally have gotten stuck in shallower water, contributing to the Titanic's sinking. "The iceberg’s accomplice: Did the moon sink the Titanic?"
neWmY TIL The Walt Disney Company developed an entire town in Florida called "Celebration" that still exists to this day.
MexwA TIL of Robert Durst, the heir to a massive real estate fortune, who has been accused of murder over three times over the course of multiple decades
AD4nd TIL Earlier mammals like cats, rabbits, and ferrets experience endocrine changes during mating - usually from clitoral stimulation during intercourse - that induce ovulation. In humans, orgasms lead to similar endocrine changes but are not required for ovulation.
KYBlG TIL there's an 18-hole golf course INSIDE the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. It was used for Indonesia Open