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

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oRjRA TIL that by the year 40,272 AD, Voyager 1 will actually be closer to a different star, Gliese 445, than it will be to our very own Sun.
VB0GG TIL that in 1992, Zhang Shan was the first and only woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal in skeet shooting competing against men. At the next Olympic games, men and women had their own categories.
awn7M TIL in 1974, samples of canned food from an 1865 steamboat wreck were tested by the National Food Processors Association. Although appearance, smell and vitamin content had deteriorated, there was no trace of microbial growth and the 109-year-old food was determined to be still safe to eat.
rR6My TIL that the cannibalized remains of a 14-year-old girl were discovered in a 17th century trash deposit inside fort James. This proves that early colonists resorted to cannibalism to survive during 1609-1610. This was after eating their horses and pets. Only 60 colonists survived.
R7w44 TIL the grizzly scene in Pulp Fiction where Travolta jams a needle into Uma Thurman's chest to try to revive her from her overdose was actually filmed backwards.