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pY9l4 TIL Of the estimated 60,000 people left stranded by Hurricane Katrina, over 33,500 were saved by the Coast Guard
BrBMe TIL hippos will spray their poop using their tails in order to mark their territory. Since baby hippos' intestines are sterile, they eat their mother's feces in order to mark their territory as well.
VM1Ep TIL that a group of Butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.
p8wx8 TIL that Balto, the sled dog who delivered lifesaving diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925, was present for the unveiling of his own statue in Central Park!
nW6Vr TIL that during WW2 when penicillin production could not keep up with demand, medics would collect the urine of treated patients, separate the penicillin out and administer it to other patients.