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TIL that Mexican soap star Mariana Levy was literally scared to death as she was about to be mugged and the stress triggered a heart attack

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N7dmP TIL in 1822 Europeans realized that storks migrate to Africa during winter because they found a stork that still had an arrow from a Central African tribe in it.
9Y1rp TIL, that human canines are not for tearing and ripping meat. Instead, our ancestors used them to fight male rivals for mating rights.
8MyK TIL Caligula was not his real name. Germanicus’ troops called him “Caligula” as a boy, meaning “Little Boots” or “Booties.” The nickname stuck and he hated it.
yQ64X TIL that a special vending machine was created to see whether crows are smart enough to use it. They are.
NKeb TIL the Toyota War was the end phase of the Libyan-Chadian war where the Chadian army and its Toyota pickups destroyed 92 T-55 battle tanks, 33 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, and 784 soldiers while only losing 18 men and three trucks.