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TIL if a watermelon is beginning to foam it has a chance of exploding.

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e0A7n TIL Prairie dogs have different calls to communicate about humans that they've seen. "They're able to describe the colour of clothes the humans are wearing, they're able to describe the size and shape of humans, even, amazingly, whether a human once appeared with a gun,"
0wPp1 TIL In China, Santa Claus is often depicted with a saxophone and no-one seems to know why
gMkA TIL Sean Connery was held at gunpoint, disarmed the thug and beat him to the ground.
PYw7n TIL in the early 1900’s, Idaho potatoes were used only for hog food until a railroad superintendent found that they were delicious when baked. Celebrity endorsements, a song and a 40ft potato shaped sign (with electric winking eyes) soon followed and the "baked" potato became mainstream fare.
e0bWJ TIL that Caribbean sperm whales have a different “speaking” accent than whales in other oceans.