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TIL Great White sharks are warm-blooded

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M7AKb TIL that those old pictures on the wall your grandma had that moved when you moved from side to side were called lenticular prints
VmKG TIL that Dr. Seuss first adopted the pen name of “Seuss” so that he could continue to work on his college’s magazine after being caught drinking in his room
yRWJ TIL dog farts are silent but deadly because they have a horizontal rectum, making their sphincter looser, resulting in quieter farts.
e7o4 TIL that in New York City, for the last half century, the price of a slice of pizza and that of a subway ride have been nearly exactly the same. And a rise in one predicts the other.
w6d8 TIL Mail was delivered 12 times a day in Victorian London, with immediate responses often expected, and people got upset if letters weren’t received within a couple of hours