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TIL Cat’s kidneys are so efficient they can rehydrate by drinking seawater.

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Wkje8 TIL: The "overview effect" is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from outer space. It is the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space.
xVrdB TIL a man who made a fortune transplanting goat testicles into humans nearly became governor of Kansas.
pKMA TIL that Seattle changed Columbus day to indigenous peoples day in 2014 to acknowledge that native Americans were living in the Americas long before Columbus “discovered” it.
PVgV TIL: The Founder of Victoria’s Secret, Roy Ramond, jumped to his death from the Golden Gate Bridge in 1993.
YW17 TIL that Jodie Foster was so fluent in French that she dubbed her own movies