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TIL (some?) butterflies in drink turtle tears for dietary sodium.

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a8EVL TIL there is a "Level 2" rabbit added to Runescape that hits very hard and drops the "crystal grail"
W7kOY TIL: The Coconut Monk was a pacifist mystic who founded the Coconut Religion in Vietnam. He lived on an island, meditated in a palm tree for hours every day, had a cat and mouse as his companions, made shards of bombs into a gong, and went to prison for his opposition to the Vietnam War.
ADQZ4 TIL a mother suffers from hyperlactation syndrome, an over production of breastmilk. Instead of dumping her milk she decided to donate them. She spends 4-5 hours each day pumping milk and in two years she has donated 609 gallons of breastmilk, most going to feeding premature babies.
AD8px TIL about explosives. Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
Yp5dB TIL - In 1953 the US government did secret tests by dumping chemicals on Canadian cities. They pretended they were testing defensive technology, but in reality the tests were biological and chemical weapons.