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TIL that Camels can eat cacti and ignore the thorns thanks to a special lining called Papillae

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Zp9RG TIL: your teeth aren't supposed to touch in neutral.
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mxR0P Til Bully sticks are prepared from the bull pizzle (aka penis muscle) which is cleaned, stretched, and twisted before being prepared. Preparation can vary from sun dried to oven baked or smoked. ... Authentic bully sticks are made from 100% beef (the only ingredient is the bull penis).
b9V7N TIL about Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank and her family. She hid them in the Secret Annex for 25 months until they were found by the Gestapo. She survived because the officer who found her felt bad, but sent the others to the camps. She later gave Otto Frank Anne's diary and died in 2010.
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