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TIL that turtles , frogs , and salamanders breathe through their butt

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ADEwa TIL Huge feral hogs have invaded Canada, building ‘pigloos’ as they go
k991 TIL a stray pit bull adopted an orphaned kitten and kept her alive by nursing her on her own milk. After being rescued the kitten was bottle-fed, but the dog refused to leave her side, howling if separated and licking her clean as she ate. Upon adoption from the centre, they came as a pair.
KYWN4 TIL that the Makkah Royal Clock Tower stands 601 meters and is the centerpiece of the Abraj Al Bait Complex of seven luxury hotels which overlook the Kaaba and Holy Mosque, the focus of pilgrims performing Umrah and Hajj. The clock hosts the Makkah Time, a time signal to unify the Islamic world.
Ve7Z TIL during New Zealand’s first rugby match vs England, an English player’s shorts got ripped off. The NZ players formed a circle so he could change. Another Englishman picked up the ball and scored. Later the English demanded an apology after NZ criticised the referee, which was “unsportsmanlike”.
GA6KQ TIL that western philosophy owes a great debt to Arabic philosophers, because by the Middle Ages, many original Ancient Greek texts were lost, and medieval philosophers were only able to access the texts using the translations of earlier Islamic Golden Age philosophers.