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TIL vulpinic acid is poisonous to all meat-eaters but not to mice and rabbits

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mxpAM TIL: the Iranian word for ostrich is "shotor morgh" which translates to "camel chicken"
X0mmD TIL that bananas are curved due to their growth towards the sun. The rate of cell division on each side of the fruit, influenced by sunlight, determines the degree of curvature.
O7Q6 TIL There is a surface feature on Pluto named after Cthulhu
69vKW Today I Learned That Cuba Has a Democracy!
oKv8 TIL The word “niggard” is not etymologically related to the word “nigger” and it has no racial connotations, yet people still get shit for using it because it sounds similar to the racial slur.