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TIL that due to their short digestive tract and massive daily diet of bamboo, Giant Pandas defecate up to 40 times a day

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BDBy TIL that between 1941-1944, Turkish diplomats saved thousands of Jews by issuing them Turkish passports and sometimes pulling them off trains headed for the death camps. Among these diplomats was Necdet Kent, whose son Muhtar Kent, is the current chairman and former chief executive of Coca-Cola.
loQgV TIL the sound mourning doves make while flying when startled is NOT a vocalization, but a "wing whistle" that is a natural alarm system to alert other birds to potential predators
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4da6 TIL that the Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
69vAw TILin the movie Lord of War , they purchased 3000 actual guns for the production because it was less expensive than buying props and they could resell the guns later. Additionally, they leased 50 tanks that were only available for a brief period because the source had to sell them to Libya later.