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TIL The US show COPS filmed one episode in Soviet Russia

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A9lx TIL Ostriches are the largest and heaviest birds in the world, they can outrun Leopards, their kick is strong enough to kill a Lion, male Ostriches can roar like a lion and they can see as far as 2.2 miles (3.5 km).
o6Yr TIL Gargoyles are designed to spout water; though often called gargoyles, other statues on gothic buildings are properly called chimeras or grotesques.
6VWY TIL that on his 42nd birthday Douglas Adams was invited to play onstage with Pink Floyd
0dQNM TIL Inhabitants of high-radiation areas in Iran exhibit fewer radiation-induced chromosomal abnormalities than those in normal-radiation areas, suggesting a potential adaptive response to chronic natural radiation exposure, despite receiving significantly higher annual doses
5YWWk TIL the ‘infinity symbol’ is called a Lemniscate.