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TIL about starfish use hydraulic systems to move themselves around

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J1v9B TIL about the Buzkashi; the national sport of Afghanistan, which includes horseback riding with a dead goat, and can last for several days.
b9l7Q TIL Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was a marijuana enthusiast. The original title of his autobiography was ‘My Love Affair with Marijuana’
grPo8 TIL: about the massacre of Kalavryta, where occupying German soldiers massacred an entire village for the death of 78 prisoners of war that had been captured by Greek guerrillas. Only 13 men survived, and one lone Austrian soldier saved the most of the women from being burned alive. 693 people died.
8GGX TIL The Centers for Disease Control said that 37% of American adults can’t swim 24 yards, which is the length of a typical recreation-center swimming pool.
R601 TIL J Dilla died on February 10, 2006, three days after his 32nd birthday and the release of his final album Donuts. To honor his nephew’s legacy, Dilla’s uncle Herman Hayes, opened a J Dilla inspired donut shop in Detroit in 2016. It sold out three times in its first day.