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TIL Because Sharks have no rib cages, on land their weight can literally crush their own body.

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xjy1 TIL that between 1533 and 1861 anal sex was punishable by death in England and Wales.
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oRnyY TIL that 41% of cases of antisocial personality disorder, the disorder associated with sociopathy and psychopathy, are hereditary and causes by genetics.
NPZ8 TIL that orcas killed during harvesting for marine parks were stuffed with rocks and sunk to prevent their discovery
4YGa TIL that on April 12, 1955, Edward R. Murrow asked Jonas Salk who owned the patent to the polio vaccine, his response was “Well, the people, I would say… There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”