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TIL Mice can't fart (or burp)

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E1mp7 TIL: Rattlesnakes are losing their rattles gradually with the presence of humans. 400 years ago, they would have greeted you with a blood-curdling rattle. But now human presence around them increased and they took a decision not to rattle when they perceived danger.
EgPed TIL that the reason crystals and rocks feel cold to the touch is that they have "high thermal inertia". In other words, a rock that sits on a table in a 24°C room will want to take in heat from our 36.8°C bodies,.. and that feels cold. Once it has gained that 12.8°C it does not feel cold any more.
GYMxE TIL at a Japanese University ceremony, graduates remotely operated robots that accepted certificates of graduation. Each student robot was dressed in a real cloth graduation gown & topped with a real mortarboard over the screen "head".
QRGe TIL that if pigs are not castrated the meat will have an unpleasant odor when cooked; referred to as “Boar Taint.”
W7ZwL TIL The US Army considered creating the rank of Field Marshall during World War 2, but it was blocked by GEN George C. Marshall, because he didn't want to be called "Marshall Marshall."