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TIL the cougar holds the Guinness record for the animal with the highest number of names, with over 40 in English alone.

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PwZw TIL there are fish that can induce LSD-like hallucinations when eaten. The effects can last several days and are known as “the chief of ghosts” in Hawaii and “the fish that makes dreams” in Arabic.
e0MYD TIL the star Antares is so named because it is the anti-Ares. Because of its similarity in color to Mars, ancient astronomers had to distinguish between Mars and "not-Mars"
jNPnj TIL Herbert Hoover was so fat that his doctor invented Hooverball, where "On a tennis-like court, two teams of three players throw a 6-pound medicine ball back and forth over an 8-foot net." Hoover lost 21 pounds in his term.
8eJrX TIL In July 2018, Russian scientists collected and analyzed 300 prehistoric worms from the permafrost and thawed them. Two of the ancient worms were revived and started moving and eating. One is dated at 32,000 years old, and the other is 41,700 years old.
ZvDo TIL Conrad Heyer, born in 1749, is this earliest-born person ever to be photographed