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TIL Koalas sleep 18-22 hours a day due to the daily strain on their system to digest toxic Eucalyptus

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4X5Yw TIL two high school students found that despite advertising claims that “the blackcurrants in Ribena have four times the vitamin C of oranges,” the drink contained almost no trace of vitamin C and one orange juice brand had over three times more. The company were taken to court and fined NZ$217,500.
Bgxjx TIL About Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language
graAb TIL that medical students and suffragettes clashed during the Brown Dog affair in 1900s. A small brown dog was dissected when Swedish women protested as they claim the dog was conscious during the procedure. Then medical and vet students united and let off a stink bomb at an animal activist's talk.
gYQ8 TIL that in 1861, the entire student body of the University of Mississippi enlisted in the Confederate Army as a single company. They suffered a 100% casualty rate during the Civil War.
JY8k8 TIL if you are 6' tall and looking out over the ocean at sea level the horizon is roughly 3 miles away