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TIL that many animals hunt and eat porcupine. Badgers may flip them over and eat only the head, while others like bears and lions, consume them whole.

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6wnQ TIL Bristol in the UK has a bus powered by human waste. It’s the No. 2.
e0yyg TIL of Adam Clayton, a guy in his 20's who fought for right to die legislation bill C14 in Canada, while dealing with incurable chronic nerve pain. He committed suicide in late 2016.
aw0My TIL in 1926, the US Federal government poisoned alcohol in a effort to end alcohol consumption during Prohibition. By the end of Prohibition, 10,000 Americans died due to alcohol poisoning.
ZZAp TIL that in the close up shot of Bridget von Hammersmark (played by Diane Kruger) being strangled it is Tarantino’s hands being used and she is actually being strangled because Tarantino wanted to have it as realistic looking as possible.
OoJaX TIL:Pinbal was banned from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s in most of America's big cities. It was a game of chance, not skill, and so it was a form of gambling. In fact, one of the key parts of pinball: the flippers, weren't invented until 1947, five years after most of the bans were implemented.