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TIL Rabbits can have 3 to 8 babies per litter and five litters per breeding season

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OGVZ4 TIL that in 2020, researchers tried to determine the actual effects of ingesting George's Marvelous Medicine (from the Roald Dahl book), consisting of shampoo, anti-freeze, brown paint, floor polish, and 30 other household items. It would cause vomiting, kidney injury, convulsions, and likely death.
Oorm1 TIL William Wrigley, founder of Wrigley’s Gum, invented direct mail marketing. In 1915 he mailed a pack of gum to every person in the phone directory in the United States.
6B1W TIL that in 2012, the Smithsonian officially recognized video games as an art form and had an exhibit to “comprehensively examine the evolution of video games as an artistic medium.”
PBDg TIL that a dead whale that drops to the bottom of the ocean can support an entire ecosystem for 50 to 100 years.
Mxb TIL There is 3G cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of Mt. Everest.