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XEXA8 TIL Common kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula) are notorious ophiophages, and will consume rattlesnakes as readily as they will garter snakes. Immune to the venom of native pit vipers and capable of consuming a snake nearly as long as they are, kingsnakes also consume frogs, lizards, turtles & rodents.
EgnAd TIL a UK punk band called the FF'ers were bottled at the Reading Festival in 2008 after rumours circulated their set was a secret Foo Fighters gig. Their bassist said items thrown included "bottles, shoes, clumps of earth, phones, a full packet of cigarettes (exactly what we needed after the gig)"
8aN6K TIL There is a Canadian TV anchor who translates all the English news into Inuktitut live on air. Igalaaq is the only Inuktitut supper hour TV program in the whole country where unilingual Inuktitut speakers have this one chance, for 30 minutes, to see someone speaking their language
aEO9 TIL that in 1976, both Republicans and Democrats signed a Declaration of Interdependence stating that “exploitation of the poor by the rich, and the weak by the strong violates our common humanity” and “resources of the globe are finite, not infinite”
gM0Xb TIL about Patient TN, who suffered two strokes permanently damaging his brain’s visual lobes. Despite being consciously blind, TN was able to navigate through a cluttered obstacle course perfectly, as his subconscious vision, aka “blindsight”, was still intact.