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0w1oy
TIL that most mammals take 12 seconds to poop, no matter their size. Larger animals have bigger feces, but also excrete more mucus, accelerating defecation. It is speculated speedy voiding is helpful in avoiding predators.
5VynR
TIL that the most famous poem by Zhang Zongchang--a 'warrior poet' who was named Time's 'Basest Warlord'--reads "You tell me to do this, he tells me to do that. You're all bastards. Go fuck your mother."
DExv
TIL: Five of the world’s ten richest people belong to two families (Koch and Walton)
xVXbo
TIL It's estimated for every baby chimpanzee sold by traffickers, 10 adults were killed in defense of that 1 infant.
6EVVm
TIL: 72 year old US Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was mugged and shot twice in front of his home in 1973. Despite being severely wounded he managed to walk into his home and call an ambulance. He would live another 22 years