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TIL Nile Crocodiles dig the deepest burrows of all known animals, up to 39 feet deep.

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xAW0 TIL 48% of Americans can immediately come up with $400 in emergency cash without borrowing it or selling something (via 2013 Federal Reserve report)
XbDj TIL that the sadistic captain of the guard in The Shawshank Redemption is also the voice actor for Mr Krabs
XljR TIL of Lauri Törni, a Finnish soldier that after fighting in the winter war against the USSR, he joined the SS and kept fighting until the end WW2. After WW2, he migrated to the US and joined the US Army, and died in combat in Vietnam in 1965 by which time he had earned high ranking U.S. awards.
GAK5N TIL the Man-Eaters of Njombe were a pride of 15 lions that killed hundreds of people (perhaps as many as 1,500) between 1932-1947 in Tanzania. Unlike most lions, the Njombe pride did its killing in the afternoon, using the night hours to travel as far as 15 or 20 miles to an unsuspecting village.
d88YB TIL That kangaroo leather is illegal in California