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TIL capybaras live in small family groups of about 10-20; pups are communally nursed by all the females.

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16o4W TIL: When you pass on you can leave your pacemaker to various animal organizations and veterinarian offices so that they can be used in dogs that need pacemakers in order to extend their lives.
jpwp TIL when 11y/o Timothy King disappeared during the Oakland County Child killings, his mother made a public plea for the killer to release him, so she could serve his favorite meal, KFC. When his body was found, postmortem showed the last thing he ate was fried chicken.
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JQk TIL George S. Patton participated in the first ever modern pentathlon Summer 1912 Olympics. In the pistol shooting competition, controversy came about because he said the holes in the paper were so big he shot through the some spot twice. It was credited as a miss.