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TIL that in the World’s Quietest Room, you could actually hear your own stomach, inner ear, and even the sounds emitted from a cellphone’s display.

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9Yl5m TIL penguins’ distinct coloration is a form of camouflage. From above, their black backs blend in with murky depths of the ocean. From below, their white bellies are hidden against the bright surface.
4XgeX TIL that a woman in Scotland had frequent nosebleeds that she believed were due to a motorbike crash. A month later, while in shower, she discovered that it was actually because of a 3 inch long leech living in her nostril.
grPAb TIL for infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, gastroenteritis, and pneumonia, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
p8VEZ TIL That in 2017, 7 priests were asked to leave a pub because the landlord thought they were a stag party in fancy dress.
epyK4 TIL the characters "Perry the Platypus" and "Knuckles the Echidna" do represent the only two families in the monotremata order. Which means Platypus and Echidna are the only two families of egg-laying mammals on Earth.