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TIL that giraffes can go longer without water than camels.

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PY6jw TIL that acclaimed UK/US author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for 10 years after Iran issued a death warrant against him for writing "The Satanic Verses", spent much of that time playing Super Mario Bros. The game's influence can be seen in the two children’s novels he wrote for his sons.
5VV8p TIL There is a sunken ship near the coast of England with roughly 1.500 tons of unexploded unstable explosives, that could go off by it self.
PYyNL TIL Baileys was invented in 1973 by a South African man, David Gluckman, working for a London marketing agency designing drinks for an Irish company. The name was inspired by a local restaurant, Baileys Bistro.
P8BO TIL Salmon are pink because of their primarily crustacean diet
mepv TIL Cicadas are the only known creature that can kill bacteria on contact via nothing more than nanostructure