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TIL cats can re-hydrate by drinking seawater, due to their extremely efficient kidneys.

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Oox07 TIL that the same US textbooks have different political leanings in different states that they are sold in though they are sold as the same books
D1BlP TIL about Eduard Bloch, Hitler's childhood doctor, and a Jew. When Hitler's mother couldn't afford cancer treatment, Bloch reduced his prices. Teenage Adolf declared undying gratitude, and when Austria was annexed, Hitler kept his word and granted the doctor special protection by the Gestapo.
mx4EO TIL that most of the fish we eat die by asphyxiation. "Ike Jime" is a Japanese humane technique to kill & preserver the fish’s flavor, texture & also removes the nasty tastes caused by suffocation, like adrenaline, lactic-acid, & the cortisol that spikes in the blood.
ZpJ9a TIL the common ancestor that all life on Earth descended from, is called LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)
Joyv TIL Penn Jillette holds a patent for the “Jill-Jet”, a hot-tub jet specially angled for a woman’s pleasure.