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TIL Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Their Prey’s Muscles
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TIL that Baylisascaris or "Raccoon Roundworm" can infected humans and other mammals through ingestion of Raccoon feces. The larvae migrate to the brains and eyes and cause damage making the organism easier prey for the raccoon.
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TIL that when turkeys were reintroduced to New England, they chose to live in cities instead of the forests turkeys as living in tandem with humans dramatically improved their survival rate
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TIL in the 1970s on Sesame Street, Herve Villechaize better known as Tattoo from Fantasy Island, performed Oscar the Grouch as a pair of legs peeping out from a trash can for scenes which required the Grouch to be mobile.
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TIL Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) as a child was diagnosed with spinal TB. He was wrapped in a full body cast, told he would never walk, and spent most of the first 9 years of his life in hospitals being treated. When he was finally released his family was interned in a camp for the duration of WWII.
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TIL that pound for pound, beef liver is so nutrient-dense, it surpasses any meat, fruit or vegetable in terms of nutritional content. Simply speaking, it’s the most nutritious food you can eat. The protein it contains is also of the highest quality of any meat.