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TIL New Jersey has more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world

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dDYZQ TIL that some frogs vomit by throwing up their entire stomach, emptying it with their arms, then swallowing it again.
QNNge TIL The discovery of vitamin D curing rickets in the 1930s led to the fortification of common foods. This took the statistics of approximately 80–90% of children showing varying degrees of bone deformations due to vitamin D deficiency to being a very rare condition.
9wZVQ TIL that the collective term for peacocks and peahens is "peafowl". the more you know!!
9RmX TIL [US only] You can view exactly how much money your doctor has ever received from any pharmaceutical company.
W766A TIL that hippos whirl their tails around while defecating in an effort to expel leeches that have crawled into their anus