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TIL in the UK it is illegal for non-veterinary surgeons, however qualified in the human field, to treat animals.

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WgV9 TIL there is a snake in Africa whose venom causes your blood to not only stop clotting but to come running out of every hole on your body. Its called the boomslang snake.
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