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b7Lp TIL a mother bear in a Chinese bile farm killed her cub and then herself because of the unbearable (no pun intended) and inhumane conditions they were subjected to.
4XR7X TIL Golden Poison Frog,one of the most toxic animals on Earth, can kill 10 adult humans with just 1mg of it's Poison. Interestingly Golden Poison frogs raised in captivity and isolated from insects in their native habitat never develop venom.
a8xdZ TIL As many as 1 in 4 residents in La Rinconada, the highest human settlement in the world, suffer from hypoxia.
BrY9L TIL Richard Ramirez was sentenced to die in California's gas chamber. He stated to reporters after the death sentences, "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland." He later died of complications from B cell lymphoma while awaiting execution.
jk0v TIL that in the 19. century men used to wear detachable stiff collars. They were dubbed ‘father killers’ as they could cut off the blood supply to the carotid artery, causing the wearer to suffocate.