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TIL most hairless dog breeds are caused by intentional selection of the genetic disorder 'ectodermal dysplasia'. This disorder causes one in every four puppies (of two hairless parents) to die in the womb.

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jNARQ TIL of Thad Roberts, a former NASA intern who spent 6 years in prison for stealing 17 lbs of moon rocks. He wanted to ‘give the moon’ to a girl he liked, so they stole the rocks together, spread them across his bed, had sex on top of them, and then tried to sell them online to undercover FBI agents
oO1K TIL Australian scientists have used music to attract Great White Sharks, and have found they are particularly drawn to AC/DC’s “Back In Black”.
xVPG7 TIL that there is a species of desert rodent, the Kangaroo Rat, which does not drink water at all. Instead it absorbs water through the metabolic oxidation of the seeds it eats and uses it with near perfect efficiency.
a8LXZ TIL that some early botanists thought fern seeds were invisible, and would grant you invisibility too, if you could catch one. Shakespeare even wrote about this belief in his play Henry IV.
mxpEx TIL The world record for “Fastest Marathon In a Banana Suit” was set in January 2020 in Arizona with an official time of 2:41:27, which broke the previous record by six minutes.