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TIL Dolphins have two stomachs.

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rRxA0 TIL wolves killed tens of thousands of people across Europe in the 18th century. One infamous wolf called The Beast of Gévaudan killed more than 500 people, usually by tearing their throats out.
d8VyE TIL, the U.S once had a Camel Corps for the military and over 1000 were imported. After the Civil War the experimented ended and as result small feral herds existed with the last sighting in 1891
9YM5G TIL up until around the 1970s, hospital laboratory workers used mouth pipetting to transfer patient's blood for testing from one container to the next, frequently getting the patients blood or other chemicals in their mouth.
aPj9 TIL that there is a parody religion that instructs its followers to reject regular employment. Church heads also claim that their faux founder can time travel, which explains changes to religious doctrines from time to time.
VMQPQ TIL that Benjamin Franklin, to drive sales of his almanac, predicted that a rival publisher would die on a certain date. When the rival didn’t die, Franklin published his obituary anyway and claimed the rival was an imposter. After the rival’s death, Franklin commended the imposters for stopping.