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TIL that you produce so much saliva before vomiting to protect your teeth and throat from the acid in the vomit

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Y7OkB TIL that Rocky Marciano is the only boxer to have stopped every opponent, that he faced for the World Heavyweight Championship.
DQ8vj TIL that the United Arab Emirates were original the Trucial states under British control but two of the states remained independent from the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar, while one, Ras al-Khaimah, joined up later.
Q7aL TIL Night vision goggles are green because we see in more shades of green than any other colour.
oyWK TIL of the “Madagascar Plan”, a proposal of the Third Reich to relocate the Jewish population of Europe to the island of Madagascar
KRyJ TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.