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TIL that the state of Idaho once dropped beavers in the wilderness on parachutes.

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VMDJ8 TIL that the reason we get a runny nose after crying is because the leftover fluid that wasn’t shed through tears gets drained into the nose through the “lacrimal point” (that weird mysterious hole on your lower eyelid).
X0Kmr TIL In 1st century China there were two rebellions were led by a peasant faction called the "Red Eyebrows". They painted their eyebrows red so they could easily tell which soldiers were on their side during a battle.
j6Bjn TIL that since April 2021 MOXIE has been successfully making oxygen from mars atmosphere, and was able to produce oxygen on seven experimental runs, in a variety of atmospheric conditions, including during day and night, and through different Martian seasons.
P0MV TIL that when choir members sing, their heartbeats are in synch, due to the fact they breathe at the same times.
x6LX7 TIL about Visual Snow Syndrome, where individuals will see flickering coloured, clear, white, or black dots across their vision at all times.