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TIL: Peacocks are ophiophagous, they eat snakes.
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TIL Rats, gerbils, mice, birds, fish, monkeys, and chimpanzees all prefer making an effort to obtain their food over having it provided for free. Of all the studied animals, only cats did not display the behaviour, preferring to be served.
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TIL the box-office mega-flop “Battlefield Earth” was co-produced by John Travolta (a Scientologist and the film’s villain) and based on an L. Ron Hubbard book. Its production company was convicted of fraud and went bankrupt.
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TIL that French composer and organist Jehan Alain joined the French Army in WWII, serving as a despatch rider. He was conducting reconnaissance by motorbike when he encountered German infantry. Refusing to surrender, he killed 16 enemies before being gunned down.
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TIL The blue-ringed octopus carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes.
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TIL the word "mesmerize" comes from the name of Franz Anton Mesmer, an Austrian physician from the 1700s who is considered to be the father of modern hypnosis.