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TIL that manatees were removed from the endangered species list in 2017 after 50 years on the list.

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JYkw1 TIL that wood ants practice chemistry, and will synthesize an antibiotic substance using tree resin and formic acid to protect the health of their colony. It is considered to be the most advanced act of evolutionary pharmacology seen in the animal kingdom
9YwAQ Ugh. You’re up an hour early, your body hates you for it, and even a gallon of coffee can’t get your day on track. Daylight saving sucks. But you know the worst part? It doesn’t have to be like this.
a8JyZ TIL about Scombroid food poisoning, which causes an allergy-like reaction to seafood. It is usually caused by improper storage/processing of raw seafood, which allow high levels of histamines to develop and cause allergic reaction-like symptoms when consumed.
VMd10 Til after sap suckers drill those neat lines of holes in trees, and many other animals, such as hummingbirds, porcupines, and bats, will feed from them.
p0X4 TIL Andre the Giant’s physique was due to acromegaly, a treatable (and often reversible) gland disease that causes constant secretion of growth hormone. Despite doctors and friends begging him to have surgery, he refused: “If this is the size that God wanted me to be, I’m going to be this size.”