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TIL that mammary glands are modified/based off sweat glands

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ANRyx TIL that the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota was named after a log cabin chapel
lW1a TIL the earth’s oceans may be teeming with massive, hollow, worm-like entities called pyrosome that can grow as big as a sperm whale
8JwP TIL nearly 42% of Americans said they didn’t take a single vacation day during 2014
kJ0a1 TIL that Duluth, Minnesota is the world's farthest inland port accessible to oceangoing ships. It’s accessible to the Atlantic Ocean 2,300 miles (3,700 km) away via the Great Lakes Waterway and St. Lawrence Seaway.
gp94 TIL There is an Electric Eel at the Tennessee Aquarium that is hooked up to a computer which sends Tweets from its account every time the Eel’s discharge reaches the electricity threshold. Most of Miguel Wattson’s tweets are onomatopoetic sounds related to electricity.