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TIL that elephants are the only other mammal that have a chin.

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4X9w5 People like to imagine that they’re the pinnacle of evolution, but the animal kingdom suggests otherwise. The discovery that bumblebees use hair on their legs to detect a flower’s electromagnetic field offers another reminder that human senses don’t always measure up. You share the planet with creatures that can smell veins, see colors you can’t imagine, and communicate through their feet. Here are just a few animals with senses sharper than yours.
N7VjN TIL IKEA started serving food in its stores because the owner Ingvar Kamprad learned that many customers were leaving without buying anything due to hunger. Over 1.2 billion hot dogs and 11.6 billion Swedish meatballs have been consumed since its opening.
GYBaE TIL the world's current #1 female chess player treats chess as a hobby and is a Rhodes Scholar and a University professor at age 26.
epdD4 TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
ddAj TIL of Rosemary Kennedy, sister of JFK, whose mental capacity was reduced to that of a two year old child and became incontinent after a lobotomy was performed on her without her mother’s permission