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TIL: Rodents cannot vomit which is why poison is such an effective way of getting rid of them

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nW7kG TIL that despite a large British advantage in numbers and experience, Americans defeated the British at New Orleans in 2 hours with a loss of 65 sailors, the British lost 2000.
epdpb TIL there’s a German Sesame Street
k075 TIL That Superman as Clark Kent was 4-F during WWII for poor vision because he read the Eye chart in the next room.
LkBoP TIL that tens to hundreds of thousands of animals are being slaughtered in Gadhimai festival, known as world's largest animal sacrifice ritual, in Nepal despite ban from the authorities and protests from animal right activists. The scale of the slaughter, however, has decreased sharply over time.
nev8o TIL "Lost in the Mall" is a memory implantation technique used to create memories of events that never took place