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TIL The health benefits of drinking hot water.

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nWvgW TIL that unlike most animals, African wild dogs follow an age-based food sharing system where pups are given immediate access to kills, making older dogs wait before they can eat
jNoOX TIL since the Middle Ages a "knacker man" was a person responsible for the removal of animal carcasses from private farms or public highways and rendering the collected carcasses into by-products. It was considered a disreputable occupation. They were also commissioned by the courts as executioners.
16DGV TIL - About fluoroantimonic acid, it's the world's strongest acid and trillions of times more acidic than sulfuric acid
R7r6 TIL in 1914, a 19yo British boy was court martialed for desertion. He was undefended and called no witnesses, as all of his comrades had been killed in action. He was hastily sentenced, and on September 8th became the first WWI soldier to be executed for desertion. He was finally pardoned in 2006.
E1RAP TIL that Ultrasuede (a form of synthetic suede) is partly made from molasses