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TIL that although snakes can ingest their own venom injected into prey with little to no side effects due to a strong digestive system, they are not necessarily immune to being injected with their own venom and some will die if they accidentally bite themselves

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LkwBP TIL a study found that beards are capable of lessening the damage from blunt force trauma; researchers postulate that men may have evolved beards for protection against male competition.
dDX5r TIL That Taylor Swift’s merchandise was banned in China for saying “T.S. 1989” because the government was afraid that people would associate it with the Tienanmen Square massacre that occurred in 1989. However, it was then unbanned because the government didn’t want people questioning it.
GY5xN TIL a lake freighter launched in 1906 was in commercial service as a powered ship until 2013. The hull was then cut down to a barge and it is still active today, now in its 114th season.
LQg7Z TIL Hall of famer Red Kelly won 2 out of his 8 Stanley Cups while also serving as a Member of Parliament in Canada.
4k66J TIL that upon losing the 2002 Senate Election in Minnesota, Former Vice President Walter Mondale became the first (and only) major party candidate in U.S. History to have lost a general election in all 50 states. He had lost in the other 49 states when he ran against President Ronald Reagan in 1984.