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TIL That Pablo Escobar's hippos are to be sterilized because they are an invasive species in Colombia

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PvbO TIL That Aphantasia is the lack of ability to visualize images or hear sounds in your mind
XElbQ TIL In May 1953, scientists in the British Ministry of Defence tested the nerve-gas sarin on the 20-year-old Ronald Maddison, who had unwittingly volunteered for the experiment thinking it would involve some very minor tests.
xVPMb TIL Cops arrested a 99-year-old woman so she could cross it off her bucket list
mpPv TIL that at the annual Vagina Beauty Pageant in Oregon, contestants are judged on three categoies: Stage Talent (20%), Attractiveness (20%), and Vagina Beauty (60%)
kndg TIL that our brains aren’t fully protected by myelin until we are in our early or sometimes even late twenties and the last part to gain that protection controls our feelings of empathy