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TIL that hippo sweat has a reddish-orange coloration that acts as a natural sunblock. The sticky substance also helps regulate the hippo’s body temperature and discourages bacterial infection.

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E1B9X TIL Bing Crosby has the most number 1 hits all time (43) 2: Beatles (24) 3: Elvis(18). Most charted songs (396) 2: Sinatra (209) 3: Elvis (149). His movies have over 1 billion tickets sold (3rd all time). He has 1 Oscar for Best Actor and sang on 13 Oscar nominated songs (4 Winning).
NmR6 TIL Romans kept track of the years by naming them after the two consuls that year (e.g. the consulship of Vinicius and Haterius) When Julius Caesar essentially ruled alone during his “co-consulship” with Bibulus, Romans joked by referring to that year as the consulship of Julius and Caesar.
XEBjQ TIL All about the DISCO DEMOLITION of 1979, wherein disco-hating White Sox fans were invited to witness a disco-filled dumpster explode in center field before a game. The game never happened and the visiting team won.
j7op TIL: That the Czechs who worked in the gun factories for the Germans, during wwii, would deliberately bend the sights out of shape, to make the rifles inaccurate. Skip to 05:30 minutes in.
rRb5M TIL that broiler chickens raised for breeding must be feed-restricted to prevent them from becoming overweight. One study found that 20% of birds allowed to eat as much as they wanted either died or had to be killed because of severe illness between 11 and 20 weeks of age.