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TIL that red pandas are more closely related to seals and walruses than to actual pandas.

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5VO99 TIL in 1879, a French peasant woman and her husband claimed (falsely) to have inherited a large sum of money from a stranger who’s life they saved on a train. They lived in luxury for 20 years until the safe was opened and contained a brick and an English halfpenny.
D1paY TIL that groups of dolphins pass around puffer fishes to get high. The puffer fish is carried in their mouth till it releases a small dose of neurotoxin.
Ebow TIL that because rats won’t voluntarily consume alcohol, scientists mask the taste by pairing it with a sugary gelatin. Basically, Jello shots for rats.
1aM1D TIL A rare photo of Amelia Earhart shows her riding a scooter in the 1930s with a published caption reading, “In the near future, we are told, no one will walk at all."
Me9jW TIL of Mark Hoffmann, a notorious forger, noted for creating historical records pertaining to the Latter Day Saints (Mormonism). As his forgeries contained details that contradicted official teachings, church officials often purchased them to prevent their release.