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TIL Supercharged blood helps some dolphins dive 1,000 meters

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X0ebR TIL Passenger pusher has been a profession since atleast the early 1900s. By the 1920s the New York pushers were known and disliked international for their aggressive nature and reputation as "sardine packers".
d8Kpd TIL if you start counting at one and spell each number as you go, the letter "A" won't appear until you get to 1,000
Bgwkb TIL Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by hundreds of bunnies during a hunt
947p TIL chewing of the drug Khat is so popular in Yemen that its cultivation accounts for 40% of the desert nation’s water use
PYBWE TIL about Izecksohn's Brazilian treefrog (Xenohyla truncata), the only known frugivorous frog species. It feeds on fruit, seeds, pods, pulp flowers and arthropods. It locates the fruit and simply snaps it, swallowing it whole. They eat insects just like any other frog when fruits are unavailable.