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TIL a man has been injecting snake venom for the past twenty years with the intentions of achieving immortality

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VPP0 TIL that the vast majority of vegetarians and vegans eventually return to meat.
xVRBD TIL about the effect we are having on the evolution of animals. Case study: the Elephants of Mozambique. It has been observed that Elephants are now more likely not to grow tusks due the effect poaching has had on the gene pool.
wo8Q1 TIL a study by researchers at Connecticut College in 2013 discovered that Oreos activate the same “pleasure center” in the brains of lab rats that were activated by cocaine and morphine. The researchers also found that the rats liked to eat the crème filling first
LLxp TIL a mycologist named Paul Stamets argues mushrooms will revolutionize our way of life by using the mycelium fungus to clean polluted soil, make insecticides, treat smallpox and even flu viruses.
r0rw TIL of ‘Innocent Passage’ a rule whereby ships are permitted to enter territorial waters and are not challenged so long as they keep moving directly and expeditiously