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TIL that bears maintain muscle mass during hibernation by recycling urea - the nitrogenous waste normally removed by urination

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Lky8r TIL that China is one of the world's biggest producers of methamphetamine and supplies ingredients to Mexican cartels
d8ejE TIL that Pythagoras had a phobia of beans. Ironically, it was his fear of beans that caused his death. When attackers chased him into a field of beans, he refused to enter and was killed instead.
Vx54 TIL, when Carl Linnaeus was in Hamburg, the mayor proudly showed him the remains of a seven-headed hydra. Linnaeus found out the remains were fake and made it public. As a result Linnaeus was forced to leave Hamburg immediately, as he crushed the mayor´s dream of selling the hydra for a large sum.
dQE TIL that there is an orchid that looks like a monkey’s face. Also called the Dracula Orchid (Dracula simia).
eR5n TIL that on February 1, 2012, the workers at a store in King Cove, Alaska, left a half hour early because the weather was bad. 15 minutes later, an avalanche slammed into the store’s warehouse, annihilating it. And it was all caught on three separate security cameras.