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TIL parrotfish eat coral and poop it out as sand, and are responsible for many of the small islands and beaches of the Caribbean.

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9eyD TIL that a man died after drinking $54,000 worth of methamphetamine, after mistaking it for fruit juice.
0wa4y TIL that while kittens will mew for their mother, adult cats only meow at humans, and no other species because animals have their own way of communicating.
9wRM7 TIL That there's a transmissable cancer that affects dogs and is transmitted during sexual copulation. The cancer cells themselves are transmitted, so not via either bacteria or a virus. It's one of only three directly transmittable cancers affecting mammals - Canine transmissible venereal tumor
neWX9 National Geographic explorer Luke Powell tells you about some of the worst bird parents out there – brood parasites. These birds don’t build nests, but sneak their eggs into other birds’ nests and fly.
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