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TIL armadillos are known to kill and eat the infants of much larger animals like deer, sheep, and cows

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l7lya TIL that gelatin is obtained by boiling cattle and pig carcasses.
PYEQG TIL Loneliness and feeling unloved are twice as likely to kill you as being fat.
rNL80 TIL Bride Price (dowry) was paid if a man slept with a virgin woman and for her to be his bride, is still practiced today in Asia, Europe and some parts of Africa.
RY06 TIL that most of Brent Spiner’s (Data on Star Trek: TNG) fan mail came from women who wrote to his character: “he’s a really accessible personality. He’s vulnerable and innocent, and there’s a feeling that he’s somebody who would be kind.” Some fans could not accept that Spiner was really human.
XleR TIL of the death of PFC LaVena Johnson, who was found dead in 2005 at a base in Balad, Iraq. Initially ruled a suicide, an autopsy revealed she a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, and burns from corrosive chemicals on her genitals. The Army has refused to reopen the case.