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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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OlV6 TIL that the lease of the Guinness brewery lasts until the year 10759
pYZwZ TIL North American cowbirds are brood parasites. They lay eggs in a different bird species nests without caring for the eggs themselves. They also practice what scientists call "mafia behavior." "If the host throws out the cowbird's egg, the cowbird will destroy the nest again and again.”
D47r TIL Jeremy Clarkson’s fondness for wearing jeans has been blamed by some for the decline in sales of denim in the mid-1990s, particularly Levi’s, because of their being associated with middle aged men. This is known as the “Jeremy Clarkson Effect”.
9wvDB TIL of the single tax movement (aka geoism or georgism), an economic ideology where that the government should be funded by a tax on land rent rather than taxes on labor
b6Z5j TIL That in some US States such as Florida, former inmates can be billed for the costs of their imprisonment once they’re released