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TIL no time zone has been assigned to the North Pole, so any time can be used as the local time

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d8Mjr TIL Camels do not store water in their humps. The humps are actually reservoirs for fatty tissue. Concentrating fat in their humps minimizes insulation throughout the rest of the body, thus allowing camels to survive in such extreme hot regions.
ADYBl TIL Up to a BAC of about 0.06%, alcohol is a stimulant. If you reach this level and keep drinking, it begins to act as a depressant. This phenomenon is called a biphasic response and it's why many people experience a happy buzz when they first start to drink, but later become agitated
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D1jvV TIL of Katya the Bear who was a brown bear native to Kazakhstan who was imprisoned in 2004 after being found guilty of mauling two people. Katya was held in an adult prison. The bear was released from imprisonment and allowed to congregate with other bears after serving a fifteen-year sentence.
rG0d TIL the term ‘Sniper’ originally referred to hunters skilled enough to shoot a Snipe, a species of bird.