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TIL a “Sploot” is the word for how some pets lay stretched on their belly with their legs behind them

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LKBm TIL Wooly Mammoths survived on a couple of isolated islands in Siberia for up to 6,000 years after the species had gone extinct on the mainland.
WlnY TIL that the last living Buffalo Soldier, Mark Matthews, who fought in both world wars, had excellent health with no record of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, etc until he was 109 years old, only then going partially blind.
M8RA TIL Australia have the kangaroo & emu on their coat of arms because both animals can not walk backwards. Thus presenting themselves as a forward moving nation.
x6BB1 TIL Alcohol isn't allowed on the International Space Station. It's not banned purely for intoxication or health risk. It's banned because alcohol is a volatile compound which can damage the ISS' water filtration system. NASA also bans mouthwash, aftershave and perfumes for this same reason.
oOQR TIL Omnipotence paradox: Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it? If he can’t, the argument goes, then there is something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent. If he can, it continues, then there is also something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent.