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TIL the most common threshold for megafauna is as low as 45kg/100lb

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r0Zo TIL the reporter who broke the story about the CIA selling Cocaine in the US had his reputation smeared, career destroyed, and was found dead from TWO gunshot wounds to the head… it was ruled a suicide
ADvn TIL NASA used less money ($526 billion) in it’s entire existence than the US military used in 2010 ($663 billion)
a806J TIL that in 1998 the World Trade Center was robbed by three criminals hired by the North Jersey Mafia. $1.6 million dollars were stolen from the 11th floor of the North Tower. This would be the last of a series of crimes committed at the WTC until 9/11.
V9NB TIL: You have the EXACT SAME taste buds in your intestine as you do in your tongue. In your tongue, the buds are hooked up to your brain’s pleasure centers. In your intestine, they’re hooked up to your pancreas where they trigger the release of insulin.
eOdD TIL that the “X” as an abbreviation for Christ (as in “Xmas”) dates back at least 1,000 years and has nothing to do with secularists