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TIL The UK has an Alarming 50% Higher Death per 100k rate Than The US!!!

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9GKr TIL that armadillos of the genus Dasypus (the only ones found in the US) give birth to four genetically identical young that split from the same embryo; i.e. they always have identical quadruplets; they are the only known vertebrate animals to exhibit this “polyembryony”
LkW7r TIL that Tony the Tiger was constantly being bombarded with tweets, from furies that are begging for Tony to please them, that may have drove him off Twitter.
e0Abg TIL that a Spanish double agent, Juan Pujol Garcia got medals for spying from both Nazi Germany and the British Empire. He ran a fake spy network in London for Germany and recruited 27 fictitious agents all on German dime to provided them with fake intelligence during WW2.
WkNyY TIL Hawaii allows people to throw their beloved's ashes into their volcanos, as long as you pay a $25 permit and do it discreetly.
LkJMp TIL about the Controlled Impact Demonstration, where NASA and the FAA intentionally crashed a remote controlled Boeing 720 to gain data on a fuel additive that was believed to help suppress an airline fire in the event of a crash. The test ruled that this additive was ineffective.