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TIL that elephants can use vibrations they create in the ground by rumbling to communicate with other elephants

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yVnpJ TIL: Empty Nose Syndrome (ENS). A condition that can occur after nasal surgery when nerves are damaged. This can cause a constant feeling of suffocation, even with normal airflow. People with ENS often suffer from severe anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts, describing it as debilitating
JEK1 TIL the famous windows XP desktop background “bliss” was only possible due to an infestation that killed all of the grapes that would have been in that field
Zp71Q TIL Isaac Newton Was Deeply Religious. He Is Generally Considered An Anti-Trinitarian Monotheist By Historians, And Was Considered To Be A Heretic Due To His Belief That Worshipping Jesus As God Was Unholy. He Also Made Numerous Studies Of The Bible, Which Supported The Doctrine Of Immanence.
epOmb TIL the Tony awards were named after a woman. Antoinette "Tony" Perry was an actress, producer, and theater director who co-founded the American Theatre Wing, which entertained soldiers during World War 2. After her death the Tony Awards were created in her honor.
0dyEp TIL that the probability of a blue lobster existing is widely touted as being one in two million. Bright blue lobsters are so-coloured because of a genetic abnormality that causes them to produce more of a certain protein than others.