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TIL that a dogs loose skin can allow it to shake 70% of the water off their fur in four seconds.

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aLPo TIL that India is only 109th in real population density, as such a high percentage of the land is arable. There is roughly the same amount of farmable land in India per Indian as there is in Germany for each German.
arV0 TIL that a guy and his friends have a tradition of putting on full Star Wars costumes and running a timed mile in Death Valley on the hottest day of the year. They call it the “Darth Valley Challenge” and temperatures can be as high as 129°F/54°C.
JYAg4 TIL of Arachne, a master weaver who challenged and beat Athena in a weaving competition, only to be turned into the first spider by Athena herself.
jNlOa TIL that prior to the 1950's, Los Angeles was sometimes pronounced with a "hard G".
6QmW TIL it is illegal for US Firms to boycott Israel - up to 10 years in prison