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TIL Celery makes some People's tongues numb
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TIL that sloths can hold their breath underwater for up to 40 minutes, surpassing dolphins in this regard.
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TIL candles made out of iron and sodium chlorate produce oxygen on submarines by burning at 600°C/1,112°F. They're also used in space (on the ISS, Mir and Shuttles)
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TIL That for every dollar the US owes another country, it is owed 89 cents in foreign debt
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TIL about the Elephantine Colossus: A 200-foot-tall elephant-shaped hotel that was built on Coney Island in 1885, that housed a concert hall, museum, observatory, and more. It later became a brothel but burnt down on 27th September 1896 following a mysterious incident.
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TIL: that the Nasa funded a project created by Carl Sagan to teach english to a dolphin with the help of masturbation and lsd. The dolphin ended up killing himself, and also, he was Flipper.