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TIL octopuses kill themselves after laying eggs and its related to self injurious behavior in humans

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7rD5O TIL A study showed that people who drank 32 ounces of energy drinks in an hour had abnormal electrical activity in their hearts and higher blood pressure four hours later. About 30% of Americans ages 12 through 17 regularly consume energy drinks, linked to increased emergency room visits and death
gMlX TIL There is a tree that has legal ownership of itself and all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base.
gMjJ8 TIL of the Treaty of Canandaigua between the USA and the Iroquois in 1794. Article 6, requiring the US to provide $4500 in goods every year, is honored to this day, but Article 2, protecting the land of the Oneida, was mostly ignored and their land fell from 6,000,000 acres to just 32 acres in 1920.
XE5mQ TIL that the high number of soldiers blinded during World War I, in some cases due to poison gas, led Germany to start the first school for guide dogs.
EgQvW Today I learned that South Africa has celebrate "National Cleavage Day" since 2002.