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TIL that prairie dogs have such a complex means of communication that they can embed descriptions of predators within their calls, and even have a specific call to describe a man with a gun.

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8mA8 TIL a 2007 lawsuit against GM could have brought deadly ignition switch failures to light — but the case was not pursued since Wisconsin law limits liability to $350,000 per death. GM issued a recall 7 years later, and paid $1.475 billion in fines and settlements.
m1kwp TIL that District of Columbia (Washington, DC) is a member of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
MeBlV TIL that Stayfree is owned by Energizer
0QdM TIL Nazi German authorities kidnapped and indoctrinated hundreds of thousands of European children who they considered to have Germanic appereance. Nazi authorities used their Germanic physical appearence to prove the Germanic roots of the children.
E1VLx TIL according to studies, highly processed foods share pharmacokinetic properties (e.g. concentrated dose, rapid rate of absorption) with drugs of abuse, due to the addition of fat and/or refined carbohydrates and the rapid rate they're absorbed into the system, indicated by glycemic load.