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

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GnkQ TIL sign-language users have been known to sign in their sleep.
aVe0 TIL: The Christian Children’s Fund once turned down a $17,398 donation because it was associated with Dungeons and Dragons.
Egedx TIL Cows were brought to Japan from China in the 2nd century. Until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, they were used only as draught animals, in agriculture, forestry, mining and for transport, also a source of fertilizer. Due to cultural and religious reasons, meat and milk was not consumed.
0d87R TIL of the Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing "automaton" from the 1700s actually operated by a cleverly hidden human. It toured the palaces of Europe, even playing against Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon, who attempted to cheat multiple times, prompting the Turk to swipe all the pieces off the board.
R57vw TIL that serial killer Richard Cottingham worked in the same office as another serial killer, Rodney Alcala, in 1969, though the two denied being aware of each other.