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TIL Manatees regulate their buoyancy by storing and releasing farts

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0wBkM TIL that Area 51, aka Homey Airport or Groom Lake, was actually a testing facility for historical, technologically advanced military planes such as the Lockheed A-12. The US government's secrecy over the nature of these vehicles is what gave birth to myths about UFOs.
YnlB TIL Wallabies can have substance abuse problems. In fact, certain stoned, opiate loving wallabies are a big problem for parts of Australia.
mxGBy TIL there's a genre of music called Breakcore that utilizes traditional elements of hardcore, breakbeat, and drum n bass but at insane tempos and in non-traditional song structures and time signatures usually through manipulating samples. Venetian Snares is an example of one such artist.
jlRN TIL A sold-out 727 jet would have to crash every day of the week, with no survivors, to equal the highway deaths per year in this country
jNQ6p TIL Rat Birthcontrol became available in my state! Yes Rat birth control exists and is very effective.