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TIL - The Thorny Devil Lizard is a reptile that channels water that comes into contact with his skin through Hygroscopic grooves to it’s mouth (It can drink water by standing in it).

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RPL4 TIL until the enactment of Robby’s Law in 2000, retired military working dogs were routinely euthanized, b/c the dogs were classified as equipment & were thought to be unable to adjust to civilian life. The law is named after a military handler who tried to adopt his dog before it was euthanized.
GeBG TIL There’s a power station hidden inside this Welsh mountain that’s used to cope with the electrical surge of kettles during World Cup commercial breaks
ebv5 TIL that David Prowse hasn’t yet received his residual checks for Return of The Jedi because according to Hollywood Accounting, the film hasn’t turned a profit
GY7mE TIL of Cannibal Island - a small island in Siberia where the Soviet Union forcibly deported 6,000 citizens. They were abandoned with few supplies and only flour for food. Disease and cannibalism quickly ran rampant and after 13 weeks, 2/3 of the original deportees were dead.
oBlx8 TIL that according to Lawrence Krauss, the atoms in our left hand probably originated in a different star (or even galaxy) from those in our right hand, as half the atoms in the Milky Way come from outside our own galaxy.