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TIL: 3 US Presidents died from drinking water contaminated with sewage

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N79RM Today I learned the Alligator Gar is the largest of the gar species and named after the American alligator. It can grow up to 10 feet long. Alligator gar have the ability to breath water as well as air. Their fossil record traces back to 100 million years which was the cretaceous period.
MekQ7 TIL that toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that can alter human behaviour and reaction time causing an increasing in accidents and neurotic behaviour the parasite enters humans via a cat host in which it can sexually reproduce in the gut
9YW0D TIL that during World War I, a series of wolf attacks made Russian and German soldiers team up to fight wolves. After seeing wolves attack wounded soldiers and children, the commanders on both sides signed a temporary armistice, and killed hundreds of wolves. They then resumed fighting each other.