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5Y0ZP TIL the tapwater in New York City has microscopic crustaceans in it, because of this it is considered not Kosher.
awZe0 TIL of a Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a WW1 British soldier, spy, intelligence officer, explorer, and naturalist who was a fraud as well as a psychopath and murderer—even killing his own wife when she nearly exposed him for submitting stolen museum birds as his own discoveries.
N7YgQ TIL Mechaniscburg in Pennsylvania is a town named for a settlement of mechanics who made and repaired Conestoga wagons in the early 19th century.
OoKW4 TIL that when flatworms go to space, they can grow two heads. Usually a flatworm will regrow its head and tail after they are cut off, but one with its head and tail removed regrew two heads and a second mouth. (The flatworm's mouth is located on its belly.)
JYj6m TIL of a song called Prisencolinensinainciusol, a song by Italian Pop Singer Adriano Celentano - The lyrics are gibberish and meant to sound like English. This is how non-English speakers perceive English.