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TIL That over 1100% more people are Trypophobic than ailurophobic.

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wLaEo TIL That chewing gum is actually made of a synthetic plastic that's not biodegradable, and is the 2nd most littered item after cigarette butts
N7ex1 TIL elephants bury their dead, can do math, use tools, and see humans like humans see puppies (the same part of their brain lights up when we see puppies; that’s why many elephants stroke humans with their trunk)
7rQwO TIL of cardiac surgeon Michael DeBakey, who developed MASH hospitals and many new surgical techniques, including the first treatment for aortic dissection. In 2005, he suffered an aoertic dissection and his life was saved by the surgery he invented.
WedA TIL that the Military at one time invented the M65 - The Recoiless Nuclear Rifle. It fired nuclear rockets.
ANWGx TIL that The Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison bought his first pair of his famous leather pants after he saw Marlon Brando wearing a snakeskin pants in the 1960 movie "The Fugitive Kind."