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TIL the inventor of the fire hydrant is unknown because the patent was lost in a fire too.

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wLJP1 TIL of the coffin / casket company named Lindner that has a “sexy coffin calendar”
m10rx TIL Frog saliva is a non-Newtonian fluid. The fluid is initially runny when the frog's tongue first hits its prey helping it spread along the surface of their food. After the initial pressure drops the fluid gets gooier and stickier allowing the prey to be quickly brought into the frog's mouth.
ne5wW TIL Huey Lewis is no longer able to make music due to Ménière’s disease. He completed his last album prior to the diagnosis and is effectively done making music.
KOdQR TIL the oldest naval ship still in commission is HMS Victory. She was launched in 1765.
Wk7MX What can liquefy its limbs, throw up its own stomach and still live? Echinoderms, a group of sea creatures that can regenerate their own body parts! In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic Explorer Paul Bump tells you all about echinoderm’s incredible capacity for regeneration.