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TIL That Komodo Dragon is a species of Monitor Lizard.

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YplYA TIL Why do I poop after eating. Gastrocolic reflex is a reaction the body has to eating food in varying intensities. When food hits your stomach, our body releases hormones. These hormones tell your colon to contract to move food through your colon and out of your body. It makes room for more food.
x69y1 TIL about synesthesia. It's when one thing you see, hear, or feel makes you experience something else. Like seeing colors when you hear music. It shows how our brains connect different senses. Understanding synesthesia helps us learn more about how our minds work.
jNJ5M TIL the Jamestown settlers (first permanent English colony in America) were cannibals and "were clearly interested in cheek meat, muscles of the face, tongue, and brain."
epDGJ TIL that flying insects make up less than 5% of a wild Venus Flytraps diet
78897 TIL The Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego, restricts access to parts of its Dr Seuss archives and forbids photography of materials, even to researchers