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TIL - Opossums will destroy some 90 percent of all the ticks they encounter.

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wLKbY TIL that in the nation of Papua New Guinea (population 8 million) there are 820 different spoken languages (complete languages, not dialects), which belong to 60 language families as different from each other as French and Chinese
Z8NOY TIL that over 600 fighter pilots of the Swedish Air Force were killed in training exercises during the duration of the Cold War. Eventually in the 1960's flight safety became a concern because aircraft became more expensive.
MeAAa TIL: Sunflower seeds contain about 24 to 27% protein, only slightly less than an equal weight of ground beef. Furthermore, sunflower seeds contain about twice the iron and potassium and about 4 times the phosphorus of beef.
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