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TIL that 7up, like Coca-Cola, was originally medicinal. It contained lithium.

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OoxQR TIL descendants of Pablo Escobar's 4 pet hippopotami, aka "cocaine hippos" are an invasive species "rewilding" parts of the ecosystem. The hippos' diet & body size let them replay a role of similar extinct species like the giant llama, making northern Colombia more like the late Pleistocene Epoch.
J75l TIL giant camels roamed Canada’s High Arctic about 3.5 million years ago
bJEa TIL Bacteria can absorb genetic material from dead bacteria and integrate them into their own genome. So if a bacterium eats the corpse of one which has adapted to colder temperatures, it will gain that resistance to cold as well.
7a7O TIL there was a car that set a Guiness World Record in 1975 with over 376 MPG
eAjk TIL Neil DeGrasse Tyson considered becoming a male stripper to make money during graduate school. When he visited the club, the dancers came out with lighter fluid soaked jockstraps and set them ablaze while dancing to “Great Balls of Fire.” He chose math tutoring instead.