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TIL that New York City has 520 miles of coastline - more than the coastline of Miami, San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles combined

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4kZAa TIL that pandas love to roll around in horse manure, and some scientists think that this could help them survive winters by blocking the receptors in the body that sense cold
GY7B5 TIL JFK’s daughter was secretly gifted the puppy of the first Russian dog in space as part of a series of secret daily correspondence between JFK and Khrushchev. The dog then proceeded to bite every Kennedy family member.
R7wx6 TIL the cast of Glee has 207 Billboard Hot 100 hits
R7XVa TIL that in January 2005, the US Navy’s submarine, USS San Francisco, traveling at full speed under 525 feet of water hit an uncharted undersea mount, resulting in one death and many injuries.
MpRb TIL that touching baby birds will not cause mother birds to abandon them.