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TIL Tree Shrews are the only other mammal besides us humans that like eating spicy foods

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ZVVp TIL Rhode Island gets 3% bigger at low tide.
9Yxe6 TIL THC, the most psychoactive part of cannabis, is believed to be involved in the plant's self-defense against insect predation, ultraviolet light, and environmental stress. But humans use it to get high.
91dD TIL The term “Fragging” used in video games originated during the Vietnam War, and was the act of throwing a live grenade in your commanding officers tent while he slept… with over 900 cases towards the end of the war.
d8oX7 TIL in French dubs of the classic Looney Tunes cartoons, Pepe Le Pew was given a stereotypical Italian accent, specifically a vocal caricature of Italian-French singer and actor Yves Montand.
QdDL TIL the derelict Land of Oz Theme Park has been (almost) abandoned since 1980 - it gets cleaned up and opens one weekend in October each year for Halloween