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

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5Yv6k TIL about Liam Ashley a 17 year old boy from New Zealand who had criminal charges pressed against him by his parents for using their car without permission. His parents denied bail so he would be sent to prison. While being transported in a prison van, He was attacked by a offender and killed.
l7jlB TIL: Town Criers also use other instruments than a bell such as a gong, hunting horn, lute, drums, etc and women were also town criers in medieval times. Today, there are still town crier World Championships for best dressed and loudest. The loudest crier hit 114.8 db.
OG8Zg TIL that the oldest known place name sign is over 5,000 years old and marks the 'Domain of the Scorpion King Horus'
rN7lx TIL that white people have a higher likelihood of developing skin cancer compared to black people.
Y7JQ7 TIL that the Thirty Year War may have began when Czech nobles threw two Habsburg regents and their secretary out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap.