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TIL Avocados haven’t evolved in over a million years even though its original eaters are long extinct

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kJL0g TIL power generators are among the deadliest household products because of the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning.
N7jDe TIL there are triangled shape donuts called Brown Bobby
4XG6w TIL there are (probably) hidden moose in New Zealand. There hasn't been a confirmed sighting since 1952, but DNA evidence suggests they're still around.
R7RR7 TIL on a mission to the International Space Station in January 2015, scientists tested the regenerative properties of planarian worms in zero gravity. One specimen actually grew a second head through spontaneous regeneration and when researchers tried amputating it, both heads grew back.
EP6w TIL J.D. Salinger saw more combat in World War II than almost any other American. He fought on D-Day (Utah Beach), in the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, and was one of the first Americans to enter a liberated concentration camp at Dachau.