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TIL: Cats can drink seawater without becoming dehydrated where most animals (including humans) would die of dehydration

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168m7 TIL the most films seen in a cinema in a single year is 777 by Zachariah Swope. He started with Minions: Rise of Gru in July 2022 and finished with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in June 2023.

K45Q TIL the first taxidermy walrus was much larger and smoother than a live walrus, as the taxidermist had never seen one before and overstuffed it to get rid of the wrinkles.

jN51v TIL about the only woman name to appear on the Declaration of Independence, Mary Katherine Goddard. She was the second printer of the Declaration of Independence and was the first to include the names of the signatories. She was also removed from her Postmaster position because she was a woman.

aWYo TIL of “White Death”, a Finnish sniper in WW2, who holds the record for the most confirmed kills (505) in any major war. When asked what he felt when killing an enemy soldier, he responded, “The recoil.”

ep4k6 TIL that the production team of "Elf" (2003) approached Macy’s to use their store for the film, but Macy’s declined as they didn’t like the idea that there was a fake Santa working in the store. Instead, the department store scenes were shot in the cafeteria of a mental hospital in Vancouver.