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TIL To understand a pun, your brain' right and left hemispheres have to work together, due to the unique structure of it

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9YGM6 TIL: Hanako-san is a Japanese urban legend about the spirit of a young girl who haunts school toilets. According to the legend, if you summon Hanako-San, her bloody hand appears and pulls you into the toilet and straight to hell.
X0wDR TIL: The 41 extant Felidae (Big and Small Cats) species exhibit the greatest diversity in fur patterns of all terrestrial carnivores.
v16MR TIL that in the desert, more people die from drowning than from dehydration. This is because people come prepared for low water in the desert, but aren't prepared for flash floods.
vPeOr TIL Swiss Cow Fighting in Valais features Herens cows in dominance battles. Unlike bullfighting with human-bull clashes, this is cow vs. cow, with blunted horns for pushing contests. Elimination occurs if a cow backs down or refuses to fight, aiming for one standing winner after 40 minutes.
ADd7o TIL there is a confederate Mount Rushmore in Georgia