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TIL baseball player Ricky Henderson got a frostbite in August. The injury was due to him leaving an ice pack on his foot for too long

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wLk71 TIL that lemurs use a certain kind of millipede to get high. The millipedes also act as a kind of insect repellent too, keeping mosquitos away from the lemurs for a bit
rdYW TIL the Pentagon received the Pigasus award in 1981 for spending $6 million to determine whether burning the photo of a Soviet missile would destroy the missile.
5YegR TIL that there are completely Black Chickens that have black plumage, black legs and nails, black beak and tongue, black comb and wattles, black meat and bones and even dark organs.
Mex5a TIL that a study was done which swapped South-African and American diets for a period and it was noticed that Americans ate two to three times the amount of meat and animal fat than the South-Africans. The South-African diet is high in fiber and has reduced risk for colon cancer.
0vMp TIL NFL player Malcom Floyd’s parents allowed his older brother to name him. The older brother, Malcolm, named him after himself.