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TIL that giraffes, while previously thought to be mute, actually do make vocalizations and even hum to each other at night.

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m15xP Til that oil is the second most abundant liquid on earth after water.
69YyY TIL that at least 1.5 million women served in the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. While there were restrictions against them going into direct combat against American troops, there were no restrictions on them fighting against South Vietnamese troops.
R75Ll TIL there is an island in Shrewsbury, MA named after rapper Busta Rhymes.
Yadr TIL that in the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, three men were caught alive on the roof of a hotel that was ablaze. Rather than see the men fall and be burned alive, a nearby military officer ordered his men to shoot them.
loO4A TIL that the first documented case of a ‘mail order bride’ / ‘catfishing’ was in 1539, when Henry VIII agreed to marry Anne of Cleves based on a painting of her he was sent. He found her so unattractive that he tried to send her back to Germany, and when he couldn’t, divorced her 6 months later.