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TIL Malabar Giant Squirrels are real and very colorful!

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b98Lj TIL in Heavyweights (1995) that Lars was not simply being a dick when pushing the kids in the water. He was forcing them to swim and exercise.
NbNe TIL several puppies died in Disney’s Snow Buddies
QJw1M TIL Ketchup has a past that dates back to imperial China, where it was made with fish entrails, meat byproducts and soybeans. It wasn't until 1812 that a tomato-based ketchup was invented.
VBWGp TIL: that ants can perform wound care and amputate if needed. I find this fascinating.
m1l7p TIL that rhinoplasty surgeries date back to the sixth century B.C. in India. An Indian physician named Sushruta documented instructions in the Sushruta Samhita for performing scores of surgical procedures – including three types of skin grafts and reconstruction of the nose.