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TIL Sea otters hold hands while they're sleeping to keep from floating away from each other.

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9g1D TIL: It is illegal for pet stores in Beverly Hills to sell dogs and cats that are not from a shelter or rescue.
Qeg9 TIL of Uber’s operation SLOG to undermine Lyft that included trying to recruit Lyft drivers and calling, then cancelling over 5000 rides on the Lyft app.
b9wG4 TIL The chemical in catnip and silver vine, iridoid nepetalactol, that turns cats on is actually a mosquito repellent. Cats have evolved an endophin response to plants with this chemical to protect themselves from bites on the face. They aren't just having fun.
W7oAo TIL that in 2017, a 28-year-old Wichita resident was shot and killed in a hoax swatting due to a online argument surrounding a $1.50 wager in Call of Duty. The victim was not part of the argument and was simply living at the address one of the parties falsely claimed as theirs.
N7ekJ TIL the US Supreme Court ruled “Citizens may resist unlawful arrest to the point of taking an arresting officer's life if necessary.”