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TIL Other than humans, the only other known mammal that enjoys eating chili peppers is the treeshrew.

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woNw1 TIL Stephen Hawking joked that he couldn’t escape fame even with a disguise. “It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.” He added that people constantly wanted photos with him, which was a nuisance when he was in a hurry.
BgZBK TIL The Great Wall of China is often regarded as one of the most impressive architectural feats in human history
ANM87 TIL: While the South Pole lies on a continental land mass, the North Pole is located in the middle of the Arctic Ocean amid waters that are almost permanently covered with constantly shifting sea ice.
X0D1j TIL There is another planet that orbits the sun on the outer-reaches of our solar system, sedna
wLEG7 TIL that after we die and our heart stops beating and our body moving our brain still works and we may even be conscious enough to hear our own death announced by doctors.