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TIL Red squirrels make mushroom jerky, hanging fungi on tree branches to dry for winter storage

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P1E9J TIL The first known case of mastitis (inflammation of the breast) dates back to the 5th century BCE. The specific case was when Empress Atossa of Persia had a mass successful exercised from her breast by the Greek slave Democedes.
5VmEp TIL “Corpus Delicti” is the principle that a crime must be proved to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime.
6kmZ TIL of James “Shanghai” Kelly, who in the 1800s kidnapped men and forced them to work on ships. One year on his birthday he announced he was hosting a free “booze cruise” to celebrate, served opium-laced whiskey to the attendees, then offloaded them onto waiting ships and got 100 men in one night
4XDjb TIL Queen Elizabeth II owns all the swans in open waters in the United Kingdom and is the first monarch to attend Swan Upping ceremony.
XEbP TIL elephants understand and conceptualize death in a deep and emotional way, and have a semi-ritualistic/religious practice to mourn the death of their fallen friends and family.