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TIL that sea otters have the densest fur of any animal, with up to a million hairs per square inch. This keeps them warm in freezing waters since they don’t have blubber.

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nWrkY TIL In the 1950s the CIA would spread rumors of vampires in the Philippines to dissuade communist rebels. They would ambush the back member of a patrol silently, kill them before draining them of blood and poking two holes in their neck before leaving the body just off the road.
neKwP TIL More People Have Cell Phones Than Toilets. According to a UN report from 2015, 2.5 billion of the world's 7 billion people lack access to a toilet, particularly in areas of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. While another report put the number of mobile phone users at 6 billion.
kOEdE TIL the longest lighting strike on record was 400 miles (700km) long, stretching from the Atlantic coast of Brazil into Argentina
b0YZ TIL Frank Zappa was refused permission to name his son Dweezil, so registered him as Ian instead. When 5-year-old Dweezil found out, he insisted on having it changed to Dweezil
0dGA1 TIL that 23 US presidents boast Irish heritage.