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TIL There were Camels hanging out with humans in North America 18000 years ago

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OBVL TIL that orange juice tastes bad after brushing because toothpaste blocks your sweet taste receptors due to a foaming agent that changes the permeability of your tongue cells.
JYPZk Today I learned about the death spiral. It's when two eagles soar up to high altitude, lock talons, and tumble and cartwheel toward Earth They let go before reaching the ground, it is part of a mating ritual
6Ekrm TIL that there are elections in North Korea, on election day, everyone aged 17 and up is legally obliged to show up to vote. Once it is your turn to vote, you are given a ballot paper with just one name on it, nothing to fill in or cross out, you just take the paper and stick in a ballot box.
Lke59 TIL A place in San Francisco has been making bread with the same starter for 160 years.
5Vg58 TIL in WW2 the British emplyed Operation Window which used a highly effective tactic to jam German radar - dropping plane loads of small pieces of aluminum and zinc foil