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TIL: Turtles can breathe through their butts. It’s called cloacal respiration and it happens during winter hibernation in near frozen lakes.

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W77Qd TIL that during the 1896 Olympics, nobody knew how to throw a discus because it was the first international discus competition ever. Greek competitors tried to imitate Myron's ancient greek discobolus statue, but the imitation was not required.
By6k TIL The World’s oldest tee (Prometheus) was cut down by United States Forest Service Personnel for research purposes in 1964. At the time, it was thought to be 3000 years old, but it was later confirmed to be at least 4682 years old.
gJgA TIL: license plate sized tiles known as “Toynbee tiles” began appearing around the United States and South America in the 80’s that contained cryptic messages about resurrecting the dead on Jupiter. Over 300 have been found so far, and has influenced copycat artists.
b6e9Z TIL the concept of seven sisters in Greek mythology persisted in various forms and is echoed in different civilizations and cultures. There was even a group of law firms dubbed 'the seven sisters'
JK81 TIL that Picasso made his two mistresses wrestle to see who should be his lover