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TIL that giraffes have valves that control blood flow up and down their necks. Without them they would pass out after lifting their head up from ground level.

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GMm7 TIL that popular holiday plants poinsettias, mistletoe, and holly can cause health issues for cats if ingested.
PYxwO TIL In Okinawa, Japan, a place where the average life expectancy for women is around 90, the oldest in the world, people form a kind of social network called a moai — a group of five friends who offer social, logistic, emotional and even financial support for a lifetime.
pY4W4 TIL that Rod Stewart confessed in his autobiography that he plagiarized part of the beat from his major hit song “do ya think im sexy?” from a Brazilian singer named Jorge Ben, calling it “unconscious plagiarism”
kdO1 TIL a sign language interpreter in the Ukraine courageously defied state censors in 2004 by signing to her deaf viewers the true winner of the presidential election.
0wkk1 TIL of Oliver Sipple, a veteran who saved Gerald Ford from being shot. Subsequently outed as gay, his family disowned him. He sued the media outlets that outed him to no avail. He developed schizophrenia and alcoholism. Found dead at 47, he never met Ford and his funeral was attended by 30 people