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TIL Evelina Children’s Hospital in London contractually requires its window washers to dress up as super heroes (pics in comments)

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nW9Gd TIL Whales cannot drink ocean water because it's salty. Whales obtain their water by breaking down nutrients from their food, mostly from fat. When they do accidentally drink saltwater, their super-efficient kidneys filter the salt out, resulting in pee twice as salty as seawater.
QWmk TIL that Ozzy Osbourne has survived decades of drug and alcohol abuse because he has several genetic mutations “we’ve never seen before” that help him party hard.
Brp8L TIL the city blackbirds have shorter beaks; don’t migrate anymore; have different stress responses; start breeding much earlier in the year; and sing at a different pitch. This has evolved them into a new species.
QJQMX [TIL] Mimolette is a French cheese with living mites on the surface, which is why it's banned in America.
yd5p TIL a Roman politician concluded his every speech, regardless the topic, with the phrase “and Carthage must be destroyed”