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TIL penguins have an specialized organ that filters salt from their bloodstream, allowing them to drink salt water

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b9b5Q TIL that when cremating a body the "ashes" you get back are actually just pulverized bone.
ByKL TIL that ALL restaurants (11) from Season 2 of Kitchen Nightmares are Closed. And 43 of 75 Restaurants from the show are Closed.
6EWnZ TIL that when astronauts vote from space, they list their address as "low-Earth orbit" in their absentee ballots.
XEx08 TIL A 2013 study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine revealed that 69% of doctors reported that they abused prescription medicine “to relieve stress & physical or emotional pain." Rates of addiction are highest within the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and psychiatry.
OGbdX TIL Connecticut has an official State Troubadour who "functions as an ambassador of music and song and promotes cultural literacy among Connecticut citizens"