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TIL a camel can drink 53 gallons of water in 3 minutes.

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w7bM TIL a Naval reservist was prosecuted and sentenced after pleading guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials, though the “investigation did not reveal evidence that Nishimura intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel”
Jw88 TIL that pistachios can spontaneously combust if packed in bulk.
rNRGx TIL that when the film adaptation of the Crow was in preproduction, Paramount studio execs proposed turning the movie into a musical starring Michael Jackson.
jgmv TIL in the 1980s Pablo Escobar bought four hippos that he kept in Colombia. After Escobar’s death, they were left untended at his estate. As of 2014, 40 hippos have been reported to exist from the original four and are considered potentially invasive.
wBvP TIL that there are 29 states calling for a Constitutional Convention to impose a balanced budget on the federal government; 34 are needed to force the convention.