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TIL few species are known to go through menopause, with humans and chimpanzees being the only documented primates. Scientists aren't sure why.

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b9W6p TIL That the mushroom Mario eats is called a Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria). It contains a psychoactive property where the individual experiences micropsia (a condition where objects appear smaller than they actually are, making you feel larger as a consequence).
5YVJr Characterized by their large green bodies and beak-like teeth, bumphead parrotfish can be found near the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. These large corallivores use their mighty teeth to grind up the hard exterior of coral in search of the small creatures living inside. If you've ever visited a beach in these regions, you've probably relaxed on the sandy remnants of this coral-based diet. In other words, that beach is full of crap! National Geographic grantee Mikayla Wujec fills us in in this episode of Today I Learned.
b6yp4 TIL that Mountain Dew was originally a term for describing Scottish whiskey before bottlers Barney Hartman and Ally Hartman invented the soda of the same name in the 1940s.
XWjj TIL Henry Ford strongly supported Nazi’s and even received the Grand Cross of the German Eagle.
Br65e The author says he's been writing daily while isolating to avoid Covid-19, raising fans' hopes that he might complete Winds of Winter.