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TIL rats can grind chicken bones into a powder to consume them.

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nKGY TIL there’s a disorder called ‘Capgras delusion’ in which a person holds a delusion that a close friend, spouse, parent or family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.
VMZDQ TIL the only female Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was a Harvard graduate and served as PM from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. After losing the election in 1997 she went into self-exile in Dubai. She returned to Pakistan in 2007 to run again but was assassinated during a rally.
VB0jk TIL that the Khasi people of northern India train the roots of rubber fig trees to form living "rope bridges" across rivers. The longest such bridge is 160 ft long and crosses a gorge 230 ft deep. Some bridges have existed for centuries.
MeWVB TIL the anti-diabetic medication,metformin, is derived from French lilacs. In medieval times, French lilac was used to treat the symptoms of a condition we now know today as diabetes mellitus.
KOvj9 TIL about the ghost plant. Unlike most plants, it is white and does not contain chlorophyll. Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic.Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees.