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TIL Penguins poop about every 8 minutes

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ANRXx TIL that an English chemist named James Price claimed to be able to turn mercury into silver or gold. When asked by members of the Royal Society to perform the experiment in front of credible witnesses, he reluctantly agreed, only to drink poison in front of them instead.
RL51 TIL that, as a deterrent to poachers, a strong red dye is applied to the horns of rhinos which is clearly visible and poisonous to humans
lENV TIL Adult California ground squirrels have a protein in their blood that allow them to survive rattlesnake bites. The squirrels also heat up their tail and wave them to let the rattlesnake know they are aware of them since rattlesnakes have infrared vision. They don’t do this with other snakes.
aw41Z TIL Before the year 1913, it was perfectly legal to mail a baby.
Zp4OY TIL even though Mike Tyson bit off a part of Evander Holyfield's ear during their title fight in 1997, both became close friends after retiring from boxing, and Tyson was the one who inducted Holyfield into the boxing hall of fame.