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TIL that opossums don’t eat ticks. Stomach content studies have yielded no evidence for ticks.

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p8dkb TIL of Igbo Ora, a town in Nigeria known as the “twins capital of the world”. It’s in the south west part of Nigeria which has a documented 50 sets of twins born out of every 1,000 births. Locals say it is due to an okra leaf they eat. One woman says it’s responsible for her having 8 pairs of twins.
LQlXp TIL since 2007 Coca Cola has caused 14 deaths PER DAY
5Y54P TIL that there’s going to be a backup of the backup of the internet located in Canada, to shield data from some possible American legal action.
epnNn TIL a rugby player ran a 90km marathon in his rugby boots and later organized a Test match in a WWII POW camp
Wjg9 TIL Pork butt is actually from a pig’s shoulder and the ‘butt’ has nothing to do with the animal