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TIL The Boreal Chickadee adapts to cold climate by lowering its body temperature from 108°F (42°C) to 85°F (29°C) in order to conserve their fat storage.

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0x9v TIL in 1940, 11-year-old Audrey Hepburn studied ballet in occupied Holland. To aid the resistance, the students performed in secret while Nazi patrols roamed nearby. Applause was forbidden, and later Hepburn said, “The best audience I ever had made not a single sound at the end of my performance.”
1avRD TIL Consuming alchohol nearly doubles the amount of THC your brain absorbs after smoking marijuana
gMejX TIL that the common practice of adding "All rights reserved" to copyright notices came from a treaty in 1910, but as of 2000 it has become obsolete and is no longer needed.
D1JGJ TIL a herpetologist is one who studies amphibians and reptiles, and there once lived a man-eating crocodile named "Gustave"
P1aVZ TIL about the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII. “In the first four months of 1942, German U-boats ravaged the shipping lanes off North Carolina, sinking almost 40 ships during that period. It is an often overlooked piece of American history.”