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TIL The lady in Tom and Jerry is called Mammy Two Shoes and her face was shown in one episode

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9YZA7 TIL that in 2014, The Philippines broke a world record by planting 3 million trees in an hour.
ypjX TIL even a blind chameleon can change colors to blend in with its environment.
xVkw5 TIL that the earliest flush toilets were used by the people of the Indus Valley Civilization (existing from approx. 3300 BC - 1700 BC). Almost every home in the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa had a flush toilet connected to a common sewage system.
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