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TIL that in World War One, on the Russian front, wounded soldiers were often eaten alive by wolves

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BgBnd TIL an analysis of Beethoven's hair found high levels of lead, arsenic & mercury. The high amount of lead in particular likely contributed to his deafness. One lock of hair had 380 micrograms per gram & a second one had 258 micrograms. A normal level of lead is around 4 micrograms or less per gram.
oxWr TIL that urban birds now perform a sort of ‘avian rap’ with short and fast songs while their rural counterparts stick to slow melodies
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