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TIL that possums don’t “play dead”, they actually pass out due to fear of predators. They go into shock and faint when confronted, involuntarily. They are in a catatonic state until they become conscious again.

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VMAxD TIL that Dr. Seuss was humiliated by Theodore Roosevelt when he was a kid during an award ceremony, resulting in Dr. Seuss fearing large crowds for the rest of his life.
L4R9 TIL the guy who didn’t invent e-mail sues everyone that points out he didn’t invent e-mail.
w6ro TIL Alex Mitchell, 50, died from heart failure due to laughing while watching The Goodies. His widow later sent The Goodies a letter thanking them for making his last moments of life so pleasant.
wN5W TIL Gustav III of Sweden’s coffee experiment using 2 identical twins that were condemned to death, but had their sentence reduced to life in prison on the conditions of conducting this experiment.
BraNr TIL using sheep as subjects for Huntington's disease research, scientists discovered they are able to recognize human faces, even from photographs. Upon seeing a photograph of its handler for the first time (the sheep had never seen an image of this person before), the sheep did a 'double take'.