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TIL Some animals in Yosemite still carry the Black Plague

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1NZ8 TIL French wild hamsters have been increasingly resorting to cannibalism. The reason is a lack of niacin in their diet stemming from fields that used to be planted with varied crops now just growing corn.
ROkl TIL The Japanese embassy in Paris has a special 24-hour hotline for Japanese visitors who can develop debilitating psychological problems because the city is not as nice as they imagined it to be.
DQOJv TIL People sometimes resort to amputating limbs to prevent the spread of infection. Woodworm ants, specifically C. floridanus, have also been observed to do this. They will gnaw off an injured leg of a fellow ant in order to save the other ant's life.
R5Qaj TIL Father and son died on the same day, 14 years apart while working on Hoover Dam
0deWM TIL the average Mexican is genetically 50% indigenous with evidence of native ancestry being significantly higher on the X chromosome.