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TIL all snakes can swim

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NXro6 TIL that Big Bird was originally suggested as one of the candidates to go aboard the Challenger shuttle.
D16NY TIL there are species of owls who freeze mice to eat later — when they’re hungry, they just sit on a mouse until it thaws and eats it then
b9lra TIL the creation of public drinking fountains in the US was supported by the Temperance Movement to stop people from drinking alcohol.
y8g8 TIL that when Carl McCunn was lost in the Alaskan wilderness and a plane flew low by him, he put his fists up and started to celebrate being rescued, but the plane continued on. The fists were the signal to ‘ALL O.K.’.
BQJx TIL that Patagonia (clothing company) has a “bail fund” that is used when an employee is arrested while participating in a nonviolent expressions of activism for environmental causes.