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TIL that when excited, guinea pigs will often run around and hop wildly into the air. This is known as "popcorning".

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VManD TIL people who speak Icelandic can still understand the old Icelandic Sagas because of how little the language has changed over the past 1000 years.
Oov74 TIL Wings (1927), not Top Gun, was one of the first collaborations with the DoD (War Department) and Hollywood.
grAD TIL all aircraft in the Israeli airline El-Al are equipped with flares to protect against missiles.
APro TIL That in 1894 there was the “Great Horse-Manure Crisis” in New York City and London. Where some envisioned that in 50 years time the streets of London would be buried under 9 feet of horse manure. The problem was solved with the invention of the automobile.
awk4A TIL that Jeopardy was canceled twice before the current incarnation of the show. It ran for 11 years before it was canceled & the reboot only lasted 3 months. Alex Trebek was a producer who made the show "his own" leading to it's current & longtime success.