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TIL A Platypus is one of the few mammals to produce venom.

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epDZb TIL exactly what it means to be “Hanged, drawn and quartered”: “…fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was then hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded, and quartered (chopped into four pieces).”
VMMbD TIL there are more tigers living in captivity in the US (at least ~5000, likely much more) than there are living in the wild globally (~3200). Of those ~5000, only ~6% live in zoos and accredited facilities. The rest are privately owned, many living in residential backyards.
9a7M TIL cats can get blood transfusions from dogs, and this once saved a cat from dying after it ate rat poison.
awQ4N TIL "Orange" as a color was named after the fruit. Before oranges were discovered, "geoluread" (yellowred) was the English word used to describe it.
lorRB TIL that Kevin Hines attempted suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge and after hitting the water, he was kept afloat by a Sea Lion until the Coast Guard arrived.