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TIL that walruses can whistle

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EgKRX Today I learned it’s supposed to be “champing at the bit” rather than “chomping”
rx9e TIL that in 2013 a woman was fined for taking her horse into McDonald’s. She was initially refused service while in the saddle in the drive-through lane
wL4e7 TIL it is possible to use electroejaculation to retrieve viable sperm from men up to 36 hours after death
eR5n TIL that on February 1, 2012, the workers at a store in King Cove, Alaska, left a half hour early because the weather was bad. 15 minutes later, an avalanche slammed into the store’s warehouse, annihilating it. And it was all caught on three separate security cameras.
gMlvX TIL Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, had written his first book ‘The Gremlins’ for Walt Disney Productions. A full length feature film was planned but was abandoned during pre-production due to British military interference. The 1984 film Gremlins is an homage to the book.