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TIL Giraffes can last longer without drinking water than camels

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NX05J TIL in 2002 the Pentagon ran a war game to simulate war with Iran. Marines general Paul Van Riper, playing the defender, sank 19 U.S. ships in 5-10 minutes, including a carrier, several cruisers, and five amphibious ships. He quit the game in disgust after he was ordered to play fair
N7O4e TIL Christopher Reeve considered suicide after his accident. But all it took was one sentence from his wife for him to never think about suicide again: "...But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you. And I love you."
mxQjx TIL that due to a series of clergical clerical errors, there has never been a Pope John XX, even though there have been 21 legitimate popes who took the name John (the 21st of which was Pope John XXIII)
4kdjJ TIL about “sex offenders island”. Washington’s McNeil Island houses 214 sex offenders too dangerous to be released following prison. Annual reviews for release include a penile plethysmography, a tool designed to measure sexual arousal.
VBZMQ TIL that two skinny tires on one wheel are better in the rain and no worse in dry conditions than a standard tire