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TIL Orcas will even kill other whales

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ep0vJ TIL the Parasite Toxoplasmosis (sometimes aquired from infected cat litter or undercooked meats) is tied to self-harm, suicide attempts. In Danish study infected participants were %80 more likely to attempt suicide and over %40 more likely to self harm
Y7J9v TIL the top 10% of American adults - 24 million of them - consume an average of 74 drinks per week, or a little more than 10 drinks per day.
B77y TIL The hit song “Blinded by the Light” was written by and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, who made it by going through a rhyming dictionary and looking for rhymes and ended up being unsuccessful, but was covered by Manfred Man and became a #1 hit.
QN8x6 TIL about Jon Brower Minnoch. At his peak weight, he was the heaviest human ever recorded, weighing 635 kg (1400 lb).
ADd5n TIL Mithridates VI of Pontus daily ingested small doses of poison because he feared being poisoned during his reign. After defeat by Pompey in the third Mithridatic war, he tried to commit suicide by using poison. His attempt failed because he had developed immunity.