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TIL there is a Peruvian dish called Cuy which consists of cooked Guinea Pig.

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wN0P TIL of Karl Patterson Schmidt, an herpetologist (amphibian expert) who was fatally bitten by a boomslang snake and, knowing he would die, created a scientific account of his own dying process by keeping track of his symptoms right until the very end of his life.
AmNl TIL that Aubrey Plaza plays on a successful women’s basketball team called The Pistol Shrimps
yQ4Ql TIL that when you eat fruit with its inherent fiber (aka eating the whole fruit) up to 30% of the sugar will be eaten by the microbes in your gut before it can be absorbed.
QJ1mp TIL that cats wiggle their bums when they prepare to pounce in order to check their balance. It helps determine if they have solid ground under their hind legs and if they will make the jump distance safely.