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TIL dogs and cats consume about 25% of the total calories derived from animals in the United States

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woAjW TIL the best practice when an adult tooth gets knocked out is to grab it by the crown (don't touch the root), lightly rinse it with water and push it back in to the socket where it came from. Then seek medical attention asap.
Z80jQ TIL upon graduating, Teddy Roosevelt's doctor advised him to pursue a desk job and avoid strenuous physical activity due to serious heart problems. Ignoring this, he instead pursued activities like regular exercise, boxing, tennis, hiking, rowing, polo and horseback riding, even into his presidency.
nZaB TIL that the Netherlands provides free heroin to addicts three times a day, along with clinics in which to do the drug
Rdb8 TIL: In January 2012, 150 employees of Foxconn, Taiwanese technology company and contract manufacturer for products including the iPhone, iPad and Playstation 4, threatened to commit mass suicide in protest of their working conditions
wLVEW TIL that scientists were able to use a spinach leaf as scaffolding to build a mini working human heart.