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TIL Koalas are carriers of chlamydia, with some populations unfortunately at a 100% infection rate. Koalas can also fight and cause serious damage with their strong bite and very sharp claws, when threatened.

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b5y0 TIL In the 50s and 60s the American government forcibly removed Native American children from their parents and put them up for adoption or into institutions, in order to have them assimilate into “white culture.”
8aXV4 TIL that Crocodile Dundee was inspired by Ron Ansell, an Australian buffalo hunter & crocodile poacher. He sued Paul Hogan for profits of the films, but lost & was bitter about it for the rest of his life. He was killed in a police shootout on 8/3/99.
yVPga TIL about the Barnes Opening, considered one of the worst chess openings and deemed as having almost no strategic advantages and a lot of drawbacks.
DQvEv TIL according to a 1984 case report: a patient survived acute alcohol intoxication with an unprecedented blood alcohol level of 1,500 mg/dL (or 1.5%).
oVbL TIL that Bill Cosby does not consider himself an African-American, just American