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TIL that Alligator Snapping Turtles will eat almost any type of meat including including squirrels, armadillos and other turtles. One study in Louisiana showed 79.8% of the stomach contents of adult snapping turtles was composed of other turtles.

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gMaZW TIL That when Christopher Reeve (the man who played Superman) was about to receive the surgery to reattach his skull to his spine after falling off a horse, Robin Williams cheered him up by dressing as his character from Nine Months and proclaiming that Reeve will be getting a rectal exam.
Wk1JY TIL that the King of Jordan, Abdullah bin al-Hussein (then prince), made a cameo in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager in 1996
NX4KN TIL that some species of termites have symbiotic relationships with fungi, cultivating them in their nests as a food source in a mutually beneficial relationship.
LpEV TIL a sociopathic 10 year old girl killed two boys. One of the crime scenes was described by the inspector as “There was a terrible playfulness about it…and somehow the playfulness of it made it more, rather than less, terrifying”. She was convicted and then released at the age of 23.
Pjow TIL The term “red herring” comes from when escaped inmates would use smoked (or red) herring to throw off the bloodhounds.