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TIL that many lion sanctuaries are actually fronts for canned hunting operations - by letting volunteers touch the animals, they make them easier to eventually kill.

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x67Rk TIL that the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," sung by Timon and Pumbaa in the original Lion King, led to a major lawsuit. Originally composed by Solomon Linda in 1939, his family won a settlement for royalties in 2006 worth $1.6 million.
aG5L TIL: In 2002 a man in Florida going through a messy divorce went fishing, caught a sailfish, and put his wedding ring on the fishes nose. Two years later, he caught the same fish again with the wedding ring still attached.
PxXw TIL that the whites of your eyes, called the Sclera, is actually continuous with the Dura Mater, the membrane that surrounds the brain.
yVyGe TIL that those that use NAC regularly are regularly blocking about 20 percent of their DAO enzyme. DAO is a enzyme responsible for disposing of histamine in the blood. Supplementation of DAO would be beneficial for those who use NAC.
LQlvP TIL of Amelio Robles Ávila, a colonel who fought in the Mexican Revolution. Assigned female at birth (in 1889), he adopted a male identity from the age of 24 and lived openly as a man until his death at age 95.