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TIL the legend of the chupacabra only dates back to 1995

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mxbwM TIL Forest fires are essential for continuation of giant California Sequoia trees: Seeds will break open during intense heat
5YbdP TIL horses can't vomit because they have a strong lower esophageal sphincter that acts as a one-way valve, preventing food from coming up.
Lob9 TIL The first Playboy Mansion became a student dormitory after the company donated it to the Art Institute of Chicago. The building was renamed Hefner Hall.
kOYW1 TIL while the CIA is by and large the most well know US spy agency, there exist a second equally large American espionage agency called the DIA. The DIA produces approximately one-fourth of all intelligence content that goes into the President's Daily Brief.
mnno TIL bottlenose dolphins have longest memory among non-humans - they can recognize whistles of their mates after being separated for more than 20 years