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TIL that within the animal kingdom, only higher primates (including humans) and guinea pigs are unable to synthesize Vitamin C in their own bodies, thus putting them at risk of scurvy

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8a0EV TIL Little Richard was an ordained minister, and officiated the weddings of several celebrities, including Tom Petty, Cyndi Lauper, Demi Moore/Bruce Willis, and Stevie Van Zandt
R0ml TIL …that Al Qaeda targets and kills more Muslims than anyone else…
xEe7 TIL that teeth won’t decay after death because tooth decay bacteria can’t survive in a dead body.
vAPj TIL that when Leopold Trouvelot was attempting to breed a better silkworm using Gypsy moths, several of the moths escaped from his home, and within ten years, the insect had denuded the vegetation in the neighborhood, and that’s how the Gypsy moth infestation across North-Eastern America began.
bKjp TIL that in 1830, a group of Australian convicts hijacked a ship off the coast of Tasmania and sailed it to isolationist Japan. At a port on Shikoku Island, a samurai disguised as a fisherman recalled walking the docks, when they noted “an unbearable stench in the vicinity of the ship.”