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TIL lizards aren’t able to breath and walk simultaneously.

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X0AZ8 TIL that medical bloodletting dates back to ancient Egypt and spread to Greece where the practice was rationalized as balancing the four “humors.” In 1163, the Church prohibited clergy healers from performing the procedure, calling it an abhorred practice, so barbers began to offer the service.
EVn0 TIL that during the Battle of Okinawa, Around 80,000 Japanese civilians committed suicide after being convinced by the Japanese Army that they would be “Tortured, Raped, and Murdered” by the American forces after they invaded. It is known as the biggest Mass suicide in history.
b7Lp TIL a mother bear in a Chinese bile farm killed her cub and then herself because of the unbearable (no pun intended) and inhumane conditions they were subjected to.
9bAr TIL that dogs can eat raw bones and digest them, and they only choke on cooked bones which can splinter and break.
W1eB TIL that the strongest vagina belongs to a middle-ages Russian mom, who is able to lift 30 pounds with only her vaginal sphincter muscles