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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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p81aA TIL people are making Money Right under Our Noses on YouTube (Just found out about this)
yQAba TIL that numbats are insectivorous marsupials native to Western Australia. They mainly eat termites. Unlike most marsupials, numbats don’t have pouches. Instead, their young clamp onto teats on the mother’s belly and stay there for five months. They can have up to 4 young at once.
jx5Q TIL A boy who re-created his school as a map on Counter-Strike, is not permitted to graduate as it was a “terroristic threat”
R7Pa TIL roughly 14% of humans do not have a Palmaris longus muscle in their arm. Presence can be checked by touching pinkie to thumb and flexing the wrist.
VM8D4 TIL there is a spinner on the bottom of UK pedestrian crossing buttons to help blind people know when the lights are red so it is safe to cross.