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TIL that the Etruscan shrew has the fastest heartbeat of any mammal, at upto 1,500 beats per minute.

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J1v7m TIL on Nov. 6th, 2000. The DEA made the largest LSD manufacturing bust in history. The shutdown of the lab network, halted an estimated 95% of the worldwide supply.
re0y TIL that when one hermit crab finds a bigger shell, a gang of them will sometimes form a “vacancy chain” in which they queue up from smallest to largest and all move one shell up.
J1694 TIL Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom maintain territorial claims in Antarctica, but the United States and most other countries do not recognize those claims.
kOk45 TIL Yoshi’s real name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas and Mario isn’t a Homo Sapien, he’s Homo Nintendonus
W7JeN TIL that the 2022 sequel to “A Christmas Story,” titled “A Christmas Story Christmas,” was filmed almost entirely in Bulgaria, due to its snow, and the cost-effectiveness. The film crew even constructed exact replicas of the Parker family house and their neighborhood from the original 1983 film.