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TIL Crocodiles can survive without eating food for more then 3 years due to their effecient energy storage system

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VMAxD TIL that Dr. Seuss was humiliated by Theodore Roosevelt when he was a kid during an award ceremony, resulting in Dr. Seuss fearing large crowds for the rest of his life.
vmx7 TIL the Nazi ideology of aggressive land expansion (Lebensraum) was partly based on the idea of American Manifest Destiny.
d8WB7 TIL that Boston Corbett, the Union army solider who fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, later went insane and was incarcerated in a mental asylum (Topeka Asylum for the Insane) in 1887. He escaped from the facility a year later and was never seen again.
NXv1M TIL Instant Ramens are safe to eat raw and are considered a savoury crunchy snack in many countries
Mm1b TIL that in 1910 Manhattan had 34% more people than in 2000.