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TIL California sea otters blow air into their fur to keep them afloat and insulated. This is possible because of their amazingly thick and intricate fur that traps the air bubbles as they blow onto it.

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JQam TIL that until 2004, Indiana allowed vehicle passengers to have open containers of alcohol (and consume alcohol) as long as the driver of the vehicle had a blood-alcohol level of 0.04 percent or lower.
6yXW TIL that the cougar, mountain lion, puma, panther, and catamount are all actually the same cat, the puma concolor.
ADLRa TIL that fried chicken originated from Scotland.
jNGNX TIL Khajuraho: India’s temples of sex built-in 10th AD are a group of temples covered with erotic sculptures that involve masturbation, group sex, and bestiality & are of Tantric origin. Studies say that they represent the ultimate embodiment of Yogic Purusha & Prakati.
D1ooV TIL about Abram Petrovich Gannibal, an African child kidnapped to Russia as a gift for Peter the Great. The tsar freed him and raised him as his godson. Gannibal became a Major-General and the Governor of Reval. He is the great-grandfather of Alexander Pushkin, considered the greatest Russian poet.