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TIL Japanese eels, even the farm-raised ones, are spawn in the waters off the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean

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awPMN TIL that snails/slugs can effortlessly glide over sharp edge of a knife or a razor without harming itself
jjnv TIL Humans can overdose and die from chocolate in the same way cats and dogs can
ogXR TIL 100 years ago yesterday, an African man killed himself after being held in a Bronx zoo as a “missing link”.
ZpDPY TIL that autism is 4 times more likely in men than women, according to an analysis of 54 studies and over 13 million participants
5dRR TIL a window washer in New York survived a 47-floor fall by hanging onto the aluminum platform, which rode the air like a surfboard creating wind resistance that slowed his descent. He now walks 1-2 miles every day and has finished a 5k charity event.