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TIL that based on the Arctoidea family tree diagram, Red Pandas are more closely related to seals than bears

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OGVQR TIL CO2 bonds with the moisture in your nose creating carbonic acid. That's why it burns when you burp after drinking a soda.
WkPZY TIL in Russia, the name "Plyushkin" is applied to people who collect and amass various useless things. The word comes from fictional character Stepan Plyushkin who orders one of his serfs to find a cake that a visitor brought several years ago, scrape off the mold, and bring it to them.
DQ1P TIL a cargo ship, abandoned by it’s crew in Alaska in 1931 after being trapped in pack ice, drifted empty near Alaska for nearly forty years, and may still be afloat somewhere on the ocean.
R5009 TIL It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.
VgY4 TIL of Roza Shanina, a female Soviet sniper who fought in World War 2 and got 54 confirmed hits. Allied newspapers called her, “the unseen terror of East Prussia.”