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TIL that Komodo dragons have venom that stops blood from clotting, meaning even a tiny bite can cause prey to slowly bleed out over days.

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1ayw4 TIL actor Eric Bana started his career as an award-winning comedy performer.
lowMN TIL that over 90% of the planet's coal is from the 'carboniferous' era. An era that had evolved trees, but not anything to break them down. Trees died, fell down, and piled on top of each other eventually compressing all the trapped carbon into coal.
1QN7 TIL The Department of Veterans Affairs still issues a monthly pension payment to 84-year-old Irene Triplett, for her father’s service in the Union Army during the US Civil War.
1xdO TIL a 17-year-old Japanese pitcher struck out 9 MLB stars including Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig. He refused to join MLB saying “My problem is I hate America, and I can’t make myself like Americans.” He had a 1.74 ERA over 7 seasons in Japan before joining the navy in 1943 where he died in action.
74Op TIL the internment of Japanese during WWII cost America $3 billion dollars when Ronald Regan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which explicitly apologized and called it and act of “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.”