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TIL The word ‘jaguar’ is actually derived from the Native American word 'yaguar’ meaning “he who kills with one leap”

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Z8dma TIL that the Moon always shows Earth the same face
woEVo TIL in a study researchers have found that intense sweetness can be more addictive than cocaine, in fact when rats were allowed to choose between water sweetened with saccharin and intravenous cocaine, the large majority of animals (94%) preferred the sweet taste of saccharin
4lYX TIL a single ant can live to be 29 years old
grbL7 TIL that a Ming dynasty general named Zheng He overthrew a kingdom in modern day Sri Lanka during a naval expedition.
QLyX TIL it was no coincidence “Antz” was released a month before Disney/Pixar “A Bugs life”. Pixar had been working on Bugs Life for much longer. Antz was made by a former Disney employee who didn’t leave on good terms. He sped up the production admitting his intentions were to “Battle Disney”