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TIL the Frisbee was invented by Walter Morrison in 1948, inspired by the way popcorn lids would fly in the air.

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RpRl TIL - By Norwegian law every cow has its own mattress to sleep on. If the cows are more comfortable, they do actually produce more milk.
5Yk18 TIL some monkeys, like the Japanese Macaque, have the necessary vocal anatomy to produce humanlike speech, only inhibited by the fact that their brain lacks the capability to control the muscles responsible for speech.
b9b80 TIL Death Row Records released a Christmas Album in 1996 called “Christmas on Death Row” including songs from Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound and Nate Dogg.
4NEg TIL the United States is responsible for 90% of the worlds consumption of Ritalin.
b9ZG4 TIL that naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen and suffer no lasting effects. They achieve this feat by switching their metabolism to use fructose, instead of glucose, something typically only done by plants.