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TIL that crabs have teeth in their stomachs and they use them to 'growl' at predators

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eMkg TIL of Jerome Rodale, a longevity expert and father of organic farming. While filming an interview for The Dick Cavett Show, Rodale declared “I’ve decided to live to be a hundred”, and “I never felt better in my life!”. Minutes later, while still filming, Rodale died of a heart attack.
N7A1Q TIL an 9 foot alligator clamped onto the leg of 10-yr-old Florida girl Juliana Ossa. She thought of a plan she'd learned in "Gatorland" where she saw a guy wrestle a gator with its mouth taped. The situation was reversed, so Juliana stuck her fingers up the gator's nose, and it released her leg.
Wkxk9 TIL Food Network's 'Chopped' was originally supposed to be set in a mansion with the host being a butler. The butler was also to be holding a Chihuahua and when a chef was chopped, the losing dish was fed to the Chihuahua.
e1yb TIL of Night Eating Syndrome, An eating disorder in which 25% or more of the day’s calories are consumed after the evening meal, habitual waking in the night to eat, and the belief that one must eat in order to fall back to sleep.
yVvAp TIL: White People are 70 times more likely to develop skin cancer than Black People