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TIL of the word defenestrate, which means to throw (something or someone) out of the window

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4Xbdg TIL Of An Intense Battle Between A Crocodile and An Olive Python. The 10-ft snake, coiled itself around the crocodile and the two struggled in the water. The snake later brought the dead crocodile onto land and ate it.
0dwg1 TIL the 1974 Daytona 500 was actually only 450 miles in distance. The race counter started on lap 21 to keep the traditional 200 laps on the counter, due to the energy crisis going on at the time.
78RWL TIL that Pizzly Bears are the offspring of a female Polar Bear and a male Brown Bear. These hyprid Bears are able to breed offspring and to date there have been 8 confirmed hybrids (4 50:50 B:P, 4 75:25 B/P) in the wild. All 4 75:25 came from one 50:50 female and all 4 50:50 came from one female PB.
jNMov There's such a thing as too much sleep, but it's usually a sign of something else.
YpaPZ TIL after being thrown from his horse, jockey Ralph Neves was pronounced dead, brought to the morgue, injected with adrenaline to the heart, jumped up, returned to the racetrack, and demanded to be allowed to ride the rest of his mounts that day.