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TIL A deer poacher in Missouri is sentenced to watch Bambi once every month during his yearlong prison term

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M7QRB TIL about the Mesha Stele, which documents the victory of a Moabite King, Mesha, over the Israelite led coalition, as confirmed in the Old Testament. The stele claims that the Moabite national god, Chemosh, has defeated Yahweh, as a consequence of the pivotal sacrifice of his firstborn son to him
E17XW TIL about "snickers pie", considered to be "one of the most unhealthy recipes ever published"
JYXMj TIL less than half of snakebites are from accidental encounters with snakes, and more than a quarter of snakebite victims are intoxicated at the time of the bite.
nWoaP TIL During early development the gonads of the [human] fetus remain undifferentiated; that is, all fetal genitalia are the same and are phenotypically female.
jpPX TIL The fertilizer used by the Tobacco Industry is radioactive. The plant absorbs it and the smoker inhales it. It gets lodged in the lungs and over time contributes a huge radiation dose to the smoker and could be factor in lung cancer.