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TIL Sand Cats are a thing and they don't drink water.

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D18Kr TIL that there were 104 new models of mobile phones introduced in 2010, more than in any other year
b9mp7 TIL: Avatar The Last Airbender received a Genesis Award from HSUS in the category Outstanding Children's Programming for "Appa's Lost Days" (2x16). It was described as "a mythical tale about animals held captive for human entertainment that resonates with the way animals are used in circuses today".
X84X TIL when Norway was occupied by Germany during WWII, the Nazis instituted the Lebensborn program, under which Norwegian women were coerced into having the children of Nazi officers. The most famous Lebensborn child is Frida Lyngstad of the band ABBA.
X0KpE TIL that in 1980 a Texaco oil rig on Louisiana’s Lake Peigneur drilled into a salt mine, which created a giant whirlpool and a 164-ft waterfall that drained the lake, reversed the flow of a canal that lead to the ocean, but everyone in the mine was able to escape.
BGeW TIL that the bull on the Elmer’s glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.