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TIL that manatees use their farts to swim

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4koPX TIL Kitchen sponges are dirty than a toilet seat
AnQw TIL that the English lyrics for the classic Christmas carol “Deck the Halls” were originally “fill the meadcup, drain the barrel” and not “don we now our gay apparel”.
9YwAr It happens to everyone. You might be walking back from grabbing a drink at your favourite neighbourhood watering hole, strolling through a dense forest, or even merely getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom when you hear that squishy sound. An ant, a cockroach, a beetle, a centipede, or whatever it used to be, is stuck to the bottom of your foot. Did the bug feel pain when it exploded? Did it feel fear? Did it even have time to be scared? If it had time, would it have done something or said something to any of its bug buddies?
Dn8g TIL the FBI planted a fake terrorist in a mosque in California - the mosque called the FBI on the “terrorist” and got a restraining order against him
0gZv TIL That when a stretched out slinky is dropped, the bottom stays still in mid air until the two ends meet (Skip to 16 seconds)