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TIL that black mamba venom contains a better pain killer than morphine.

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maGp TIL Newman’s Own (mostly known for their salad dressing) donates all after tax proceeds towards various charities including church organizations and free speech awards. They also have a summer camp that has seen almost 400,000 serious ill kids attend it all free of charge.
gMmlD TIL the tallest wave ever recorded reached 524m when it struck land. This is the height of building 1 of the World Trade Center (including the antenna)
jNndj TIL that hummingbirds burn up to 12,000 calories per day, about six times more than a fully grown average human male.
W7pOB Today I learned about Mexican Texans called tejanos that served in the civil war.
awYGy TIL that in 1978, a Soviet scientist named Anatoli Bugorski stuck his head in a particle accelerator that sent a beam of protons traveling at nearly the speed of light straight through his head. He survived with half his face paralysed & deafness in one ear, completing his doctorate shortly after.