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TIL: Grasshopper Mice have adaptation to turn scorpion venom into a pain-killer. They now prey on scorpions.

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4XpwX TIL that sperm counts have declined by 59% in males living in developed countries. No single reason has been established, though fertility scientists blame stress, obesity, chemical exposure, and smoking.
k0g1 TIL that in 2005, the DEA reported seizing $477 million worth of drugs, whereas the estimated value of drugs sold within and into the US is $64 billion dollars. This makes the efficiency rate of the DEA less than 1% at curtailing US drug trade.
OMO1 TIL that Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, for 400 Francs (about $1600 in 2011).
691LQ TIL Occultist, Aleister Crowley, was an accomplished mountain climber. In 1902, he was part of a British expedition attempting to climb K2, the second-highest mountain in the world.
ADR8d TIL "Wakanda" is the supreme being from American Indian mythology