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TIL that sea otters hold hands while sleeping to avoid drifting apart.

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0do4L TIL that there was an anchorite (religious hermit living in strict isolation, typically sealed into a cell in the walls of a church) living in a monastery/convent in Rome as recently as 1990
Y9OB TIL a strategy that terrorists use to avoid having their emails tracked is for one terrorist to compose an email, save it as a draft, and have another terrorist log into the same account to read and delete the draft.
nAXb TIL in 1830, the annual per capita consumption of alcohol by Americans had climbed to more than five gallons. At the time Americans believed liquor was nutritious and stimulated digestion. It was also consumed to help wash down poorly cooked, greasy, salty, and sometimes rancid food.
eP4n TIL that the greatest living fighter ace is 95, had 222 air kills, and was shot down 16 times.
LkWo9 TIL that during the filming of 'The Longest Day' a tank from the actual invasion of Normandy was found buried in the sand since D-Day. The tank was cleaned up and used in the film.