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TIL Australia is the only continent with more venomous snakes than non-venomous ones

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yRWJ TIL dog farts are silent but deadly because they have a horizontal rectum, making their sphincter looser, resulting in quieter farts.
JYR5m TIL in 2017, after three consecutive years of the Scripps National Spelling Bee ending in a tie, the rules were changed. Contestants still on stage after the first day of the bee are now given a written test. If necessary to avoid a tie, the results of the test are used to determine the winner.
0wO6N TIL there is a concept for so called Solar Updraft Towers that are generating electricity from low temperature solar heat without solar panlels
loWW1 TIL Dick Van Dyke had to pay Walt Disney $4,000 to land a second role as the banker in Mary Poppins
8ellL TIL that reheated meat can actually have a “rancid” taste akin to wet dog smell or game due to lipid oxidation, it is called Warmed-Over Flavor.