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TIL the Cuvier’s beaked whale has a foldable rib cage. When diving to extreme depths they can collapse their lungs in order to survive the water pressure. All of their oxygen is stored in their blood and muscles.

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VMagB TIL that Mithalal Sindhi, from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, has been hоmеless by choice (so he will be easier to find) for over 50 years, and during that time has performed the last rites on more than 550 unclaimed bodies, each per their own religion, covering all the expenses from his own earnings
4D45 TIL Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, was the first president to be born in a hospital.
Zr0D TIL despite having more than twice the number of stars, the Andromeda galaxy is still not as dense as the Milky Way. We have more dark matter.
pp6O TIL 16 year old Matt Damon and 14 year old Ben Affleck created a joint bank account, which held their money from filming commercials in Boston, so the two could pay for trips to audition for roles in New York.
xM47 TIL that during a meeting of the Roman Senate, Cato accused Caesar of reading personal notes while the Senate was in session. When Caesar let Cato read the notes, he was shocked to see that they were love notes from Caesar’s mistress, or Cato’s half-sister.