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TIL sugar can be more addictive than both cocaine and heroin.
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TIL Devil Facial Tumour Disease is a cancer affecting Tasmanian Devils. It wiped out 95% of affected colonies between 1996 and 2015. The devils already had a gene which fought the tumour, but its frequency increased with natural selection. Devil populations now survive in disease-stricken areas.
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TIL the largest cockfighting takedown and rooster rescue in New York State history where 3,000 birds were seized and more than 70 people rounded up was called “Operation Angry Birds”.
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TIL The Chequered flag originated in a road rally, in 1906. S.Walden divided the courses into sections; the time check at the end of each section was performed by race officials called "checkers". These checkers used Chequered flags to identify themselves.
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TIL a sly foodie convinced upper class Americans not to ever wash their salad bowls. The idea was that the dressing would cure the wooden bowl over time and make better and better salads. The real result was a rancid, smelly bowl. The practice continued for thirty years.
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TIL Jeffrey Dahmer killed and ate his 17 victims in a one-bedroom apartment, with neighbors barely noticing anything besides the occasional smell of rotting meat in the hallway.