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TIL that in 2010 we started to receive radio waves from an unknown object in the nearby galaxy m82. The radio emission is unidentifiable and doesn’t look like anything seen before

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AkMa TIL elephants are the only mammal other than humans which have chins.
JY90l TIL that 22% land (approx 1,100,000 acres) of New Jersey is occupied by New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, spread across 7 counties.
AKwl TIL that not even the Baha Men know the lyrics to the rap part of “Who Let The Dogs Out.”
E1rl7 TIL Crocodiles can survive without eating food for more then 3 years due to their effecient energy storage system
Q4LE TIL that many lion sanctuaries are actually fronts for canned hunting operations - by letting volunteers touch the animals, they make them easier to eventually kill.