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TIL reindeer abandoned use of the daily clock that drives biological rhythms in order to survive the extreme conditions in the Arctic

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pYdee TIL that the immobilizing foam from Hulk (2003) is a real thing, often used to booby trap vehicles transporting nuclear weapons
rGO0 TIL The Axolotl can be forced to transform into its adult salamander form with an injection of iodine. It never becomes an fully mature salamander in the wild.
BZBe TIL: All aircraft carriers in history (save two) have their bridges on the starboard side due to a near universal tendency of pilots to veer left in an emergency.
R7eGw TIL about Beauty, a Bald Eagle whose beak was shot off by a hunter. Bird sanctuary workers 3D-printed a prosthetic beak for her until her actual beak grew back.
nWywY TIL the emergency number in Mozambique is 119, or in other words: 911 backwards.