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TIL Texas spiny lizards have pushup contests for territory
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TIL there are 12 people who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards a.k.a. EGOT. There’s only one EGOTH (EGOT+Hugo)winner, Mel Brooks.
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TIL that the reason so many south and central Asian countries end in “stan” is because it’s an ancient word for “land of” or “homeland”
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TIL: due to the cooking and canning process, large crystals can form in canned seafood, called Struvite, made of magnesium ammonium phosphate. They are crunchy and unpleasant, but dissolve when eaten and are not harmful.
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TIL that in 1983, a mexican electrician inadvertently spilled thousands of cobalt 60 pellets in Ciudad Juarez, which eventually made their way into two foundries and contaminated 3,000 tons of steel, causing one of the worst nuclear accidents in north american history.
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TIL Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. in 1867 for $7 million, mainly due to lack of resources and in fear of losing it to the UK should a war break out between the two countries