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TIL that some trees accumulate toxic levels of heavy metals in their tissues as a form of defense

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4yAN TIL that the reason armadillos are so common as roadkill are that they jump three to four feet vertically when startled, which caused them to collide with the bottom of cars
Oo5xa TIL that adult cats will meow at humans as cats don't meow at other cats. They have different ways of communicates to other cats verses humans.
4GRw TIL that there was a church of Euthanasia whose motto was “Save the planet, kill yourself”.
n65o TIL that on Oct. 4, 2013 a man named John Constantino, a former Vietnam Vet self-immolated on the National Mall seemingly to protest the Federal government during “the shutdown,” but later the story was redacted to emphasize that he had been battling mental illness.
m1OLv TIL that the loudness of a howler monkey is relative to the size of its testicles. Researchers found that the smaller the testicles, the louder the monkey.