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TIL “Esposas” in spanish mean both “Handcuffs” and “Wives”

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ADv4x TIL Wood frogs in Alaska can hold their pee for up to 8 months, during the region's long winters. They relieve themselves once temperatures increase. The urine actually helps keep them alive while they hibernates, with special microbes in their gut turning the urea (urine's main waste) into nitrogen
4NRR TIL that the Decatur Correctional Center in Decatur, IL, allows incarcerated women to keep their babies with them in prison for up to two years. The mothers have a 0% recidivism rate compared to the statewide average of 51.3%.
WkA1B TIL the founder of Hyundai was born to an impoverished family of peasants in what is now North Korea. In 1998, he sent 1001 cows to his hometown in North Korea as a repayment 1000 times over for a cow that he stole in the early 1930s to afford his train ticket to Seoul and escape from poverty.
XQV8 TIL the Q in Q-tips stands for “quality”, and that they were originally called “baby gays”
WZkB TIL Hitler was arrested for High Treason in 1924, of which the punishment is usually execution. The judge granted him clemency however, believing Hitler had good intentions.