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TIL that hippos ???? have pink sweat!!!

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p8grp TIL the speed and direction of your computer mouse is measured in a unit called the Mickey, which is equal to the smallest movement your cursor can make on a computer screen
ADppB TIL due to a typo the wrong type of kitty litter was used during a nuclear materials containment. This caused an explosion and more than $2B in cleanup.
X0D1j TIL There is another planet that orbits the sun on the outer-reaches of our solar system, sedna
egD5 TIL Collapsing faster than the Dodo: Indian vultures. Over 80 million wiped out since 1990, causing a public health crisis to the tune of 30,000 human deaths and 34 billion USD annually.
BKxx TIL November 9th holds particular significance in German History; it is the anniversary of Robert Blum’s execution in 1848, the abdication of the Kaiser in 1918, the Munich Putsch of 1923, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.