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TIL otters have little pockets to keep their favourite rocks in when breaking stuff open

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D1WAr TIL yoda originally had a first and last name
KYDpR TIL about Elephant walks - a term used by the US Air Force to describe close formation taxiing of a large number of military aircraft prior to taking off. These exercises serve a practical use - preparing aircrews for conflict operations that require mass take-offs but also serve as a show of force
wJ51 TIL the Portuguese man o’ war is not a jellyfish, but a siphonophore, a colony of creatures that cannot live independently of one another.
vPj74 TIL that Underwater Hockey is a thing, has been since 1954, and is popular enough to have both Men's and Women's national championships.
OGBng TIL of someone even more insane than Leonid Rogozov, the surgeon in Antarctica who removed his own Appendix... Jock McLaren only had veterinary experience and did the same thing in 1944, except without any anesthesia at all and just a pocket knife and mirror.