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TIL the average child in the UK spends less time outdoors than prison inmates

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aVdN TIL That leopard geckos eat their shed skin, so that predators in the wild do not find it and hunt them down.
69lk8 TIL that wild panda populations can have reproductive rates comparable to some American black bear populations, which are thriving. Pandas are mistakenly believed to be poor breeders due to their the disappointing reproductive performance while captive.
g5E9 TIL George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were both executive producers on The Land Before Time
oQNW TIL that circular plastic thing that goes in the middle of a pie to prevent the pizza from sticking to the top of the pizza box is called a pizza saver. And it was invented 30 years ago on February 10, 1983 when Carmela Vitale got her patent issued for that piece of plastic.
DYDJ TIL the Puya Chilensis plant of Chile entangles sheep and birds with spines on its leaves, starving them to death, and then absorbs nutrients as the animals decompose nearby.