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TIL that some dogs have period cramps

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OopBX TIL birds have two lungs and two additional air sacs which allow breathing to continuously flow in a single direction through their respiratory system. This allows oxygen intake even when they exhale, which is especially needed at high flying altitudes.
VvXZ TIL in Kazakhstan there is a town where people suddenly started falling asleep for 5 days or longer.
WZg8 TIL of Thomas Silverstein, a convict who’s been held in solitary confinement at a Supermax prison since 1983. Considered one of the most dangerous inmates in the U.S., he’s committed multiple murders in jail. He’s held in a specially designed cell called Range 13 and has no human contact
e0xYk TIL that Readjuster Party, led by two former Confederate officers in post-Civil-War Virginia, abolished the poll tax, abolished the public whipping post, funded public schools for African Americans, hired African Americans as teachers, and founded the historically black Virginia State University.
DQBGj TIL that the inspiration behind Professor Snape in Harry Potter was a chemistry teacher John Nettleship. Nettleship at first was upset about this attribution, but later came to embrace it, even writing a book.