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TIL that due to a robust immune system, Opossums are immune to a variety of deadly snake venom

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v7Pr TIL that Xisco Gràcia gave his remaining air to his diving partner to get help once they realised they were lost and running out of air. He spent 2 days in an air pocket wondering if help was coming. It did.
rNYMM TIL the oldest verified Austrian man so far is the accomplished mathematician Leopold Vietoris (1981-2002), who finished his thesis as a WWI's POW, fought in WWII at the age of 50, and wrote his last research paper at the age of 103
78MGr TIL of the Salem Hypothesis which is based on the observation that people who claim scientific expertise, whilst advocating creationism, tend to be engineers. The hypothesis postulates that engineering predisposes people to creationism (with the sole exception of chemical engineers).
5YRpD TIL that the “Grizzly Adams did have a beard” guy, Lee Trevino. (Who is also considered one of the greatest golfer of all time.) Wished he had never been apart of Happy Gilmore, due to “foul” words.
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