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TIL At least half of all mammal species are burrowers.
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TIL that many people believe sharks don't get cancer; this is from a 1992 book, "Sharks Don't Get Cancer," which invented claims to sell shark cartilage as a cancer remedy
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TIL During WWII, Major Hajime Fuji, a training instructor, presented his petition to serve as a kamikaze pilot written in blood; his wife drowned herself and their children so that he should have no conflicting ties.
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TIL A study was conducted to test the effect of price on the effectiveness of an energy drink. Despite being told that the drinks were identical, the group that bought the higher priced drink performed better on tests. This is called the price-placebo effect.
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TIL that in 2004, John Hutcherson drove home drunk with a friend hanging out the window. He sideswiped a telephone-pole support wire, decapitating his friend. He continued home, parked in the driveway and went to bed. A neighbor found the headless body the next morning.
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TIL that Sandwich is an English town, and that 'wich' literally means street, town, or dwelling. Also, the sandwich was 'created' following the Earl of Sandwich's request for beef between two slices of bread. It was previously simply known as bread and cheese.