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TIL North Carolina has the 3rd highest euthanasia rate in the USA

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NXnvE TIL: Umwelt, or the self-centered world of different organisms
QNPdX TIL how trash is disposed of in modern large submarines. Trash is deposited into a Trash Disposal Unit (TDU) which collects and compacts it into a galvanized steel can. A ball valve is opened allowing the scrap iron-weighted can to fall down to the sea floor.
Mejm TIL when you blush, the lining of your stomach also blushes (becomes more red) too
x6JdD TIL Only 17-25% of people that fall overboard on a cruise ship are ever rescued
w958 TIL sporting goods company Wilson was started in 1913 as a way to use animal by-products from New York slaughterhouses. Its first products were strings for tennis rackets and violins