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TIL sea mammals get their water from their food.

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yVYW8 TIL about fasciation, a rare genetic abnormality in plants where they appear to stretch like a glitch in the matrix
OxNg TIL the tallest structure in the western hemisphere is a TV Tower in Blanchard, North Dakota.
4XB7N TIL about Zell Kravinsky, who donated his kidney to a poor African American man. He calculated the chances of dying from the procedure at 1 in 4,000, and said "to withhold a kidney from someone who would otherwise die means valuing one’s own life at 4,000 times that of a stranger".
JeK1 TIL People need to read at least 100 books on their e-readers to break even with printed books on environmental impact.
loM5 TIL there is actually a species of genetically modified pig called “Enviropig”