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TIL that camels don’t store water in their humps. They store fat, and tapping those reserves actually causes a net loss of hydration. They can survive for so long in the desert because of their ovular blood cells, relatively dry urine and feces, and nostrils that recycle water vapor

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YpGmA TIL about Djordje Mihailovic, a keeper of Serbian Military Cemetery at Zeitenlik, in Thessaloniki. Like his grandfather and father before him, for more than half a century he welcomes the descendants of Serbian soldiers who died in Salonika front during the WW1. He is the last of his line.
gMloy TIL When Hitler adopted the undercut hairstyle, his legion of blonde (undercut) haired, blue-eyed Aryans quickly followed suit, apparently requesting the style because it eased the wearing and removing of their helmets. The style resurfaced in the 1980s and again in the 2010s
Ev7W TIL including humans, all living creatures emit a weak light from their entire body in a process known as “biophoton emission.”
woJEM TIL A Japanese chemist first synthesized methamphetamine from another stimulant in 1893. This type of stimulant was first developed as an alternative to the ephedra plant, a shrub whose extract has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 5,000 years
N7QW6 TIL A puppet who performed at Europe’s largest song contest received several thousand votes in the Irish Presidential election of 1997 and still receives a few hundred votes each election as a protest vote