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TIL Crocodiles swallow stones that grind the food inside their stomachs. It also keeps them underwater longer

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R7AK6 TIL a translator misinterpreted President Carter's words during his speech in his 1977's visit to Poland, and made it appear as if he had sexual desires for the country.
wxEY TIL Thomas Jefferson is accredited as the creator of the swivel chair, the first of which he created and used to write much of the Declaration of Independence.
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