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TIL Cats kidneys are so efficient that they can drink Salt Water (Sea Water) to rehydrate themselves

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VMlmG TIL Greenland is unable to join FIFA because the harsh weather conditions there make is impossible to grow a grass field. Extreme conditions on the world’s largest island mean football can only be played there for four months of the year.
grDeL TIL Sun, Earth, and all of the planets in the solar system orbit around the barycenter of the entire solar system. It is the center of mass of every object in the solar system combined. The solar system's barycenter can range from being near the center of the sun to being outside of sun's surface.
V9gB TIL that around the world, an estimated 250,000 children—some as young as 7—are involved in armed conflicts.
KYR6w TIL during WWII, the USS Shark torpedoed and sank a Japanese freighter carrying 1,781 POWs. Only nine survived. A Japanese destroyer dropped depth charges and destroyed the Shark in the same battle.
LQ6rr TIL about FADs (fish aggregating devices), which are man-made floats or buoys tethered to the ocean floor. Fish are fascinated with and aggregate in considerable numbers around floating objects which provide a “visual stimulus in an optical void.” 1/3 of global tuna are caught using FADs.