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TIL that grandma killer whales increase the survival of the pack by letting their daughters mate while taking care of their grandoffspring

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YpdDZ TIL that old timers in Alaskans are known as “sourdoughs.” This is because Experienced miners and other settlers frequently carried a pouch of starter either around their neck or on a belt to keep it active in freezing Alaska winters.
9wwDr TIL that in Andorra there is, by law, a requirement for each family to have access to a firearm.
N7KWe TIL that the reason you get a runny nose while crying is that tears are flowing both out of the eyes but also internally into the nasal passages so you're literally blowing tears out your nose.
7reOO TIL a 33 year old mother of two took her own daughter's identity, joined a high school, and successfully tried out for the cheerleader squad
kOJMd TIL during the exceptionally cold winter of 1795, a French Hussar regiment captured the Dutch fleet on the frozen Zuiderzee, a bay to the northwest of the Netherlands. The French seized 14 warships and 850 guns. This is one of the only times in recorded history where calvary has captured a fleet.