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TIL Kangaroos never stop growing!

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57xD TIL “Scientific” tests to determine if Marijuana kills brain cells actually asphyxiated test subjects causing brain damage due to lack of oxygen, not because of the marijuana.
5DBn TIL that Denmark was one of the few countries that resisted turning over its Jewish citizens during the Holocaust. The Danish king told the PM at the time that if the Germans tried to force Danish Jews to wear a yellow star, then he would wear one too.
d8KXj TIL during the SARS epidemic in 2004, a 45-year-old Taiwanese woman died from alcohol poisoning after immersing herself in a bathtub full of 40% alcohol for 12 hours, likely because she thought the alcohol would decontaminate her if she had been exposed to the virus.
mwDY TIL more board games are sold per capita in Germany than anywhere else. The country’s newspapers review board games alongside movies and books, and the annual board game convention draws more than 150,000 fans. Its “Spiel des Jahres” annual game award is considered the industry’s highest award.
54n TIL Paper Wasps can learn and recognize faces of other Paper Wasps, making them one of the few lifeforms with the ability of facial recognition.