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TIL During World War II, the U.S. Navy constructed a floating concrete barge dedicated to making ice cream for troops in the Pacific Theater. The barge, known as the "Concrete Ice Cream Barge," had industrial-sized freezers and churned out thousands of gallons of ice cream daily.

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WNRN TIL that the male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating. If she is, it’s business time.
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