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TIL It’s illegal to own pet hamsters in Hawaii.

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loB0V TIL that after Beethoven went deaf, he found he could affix a metal rod to his piano and bite down on it while he played, enabling him to hear perfectly through vibrations in his jawbone. The process is called bone conduction.
Llkr TIL Elephants understand teamwork and can complete exercises faster than the humans that designed them. They also did it using techniques the humans hadn’t even considered.
P19Nn TIL the idea of black holes was first announced in 1783
m1RXY TIL that due to road signs bearing '420' being stolen, the Colorado Department of Transportation replaced the Mile Marker 420 sign on I-70 east of Denver with one reading 419.99. "69" mile marker signs were also frequently stolen - these were replaced with "68.5 mile" ones.
R77D9 TIL there’s a species of cactus that lives so far north in Canada that it’s north of the southern edge of Alaska