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TIL the Amazon river discharges more water into the ocean than the next 7 largest rivers combined.

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neN49 TIL It's National Do Nothing Day. A day to not celebrate, observe or honor anything
OGLL4 TIL sphynx cats were developed from cats with genetic mutations after 1960s
78wPP TIL: The University of Pennsylvania uncovered illustrations with instructions from the 1500s on the use of cats and doves to burn down castles. You strap a sack to the cat, ignite it, and send it to the castle. The plan was part of a manual by artillery master Franz Helm.
b6kvZ TIL Overnight olfactory enrichment using an odorant diffuser improves memory and modifies the uncinate fasciculus in older adults
M7GZ7 TIL Louis XIV had an elephant at Versailles, a gift from Portugal's king in 1668. The animal became part of the Ménagerie, the palace's zoo, and was fed 80 pounds of bread, 12 pints of wine, and two buckets of soup daily. It is the only African elephant recorded in Europe between 1483 and 1862.