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TIL that humans have the same amount of hair as gorillas and other primates, ours is just shorter and thinner

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QL8k TIL Portugal decriminalized prosecuting all drug users in 2001 but those same drugs are still listed as illegal because “Otherwise we would have gotten into trouble with the UN”
X00NP TIL that the Panda's false thumb is key to it's subsistence on such energy-poor resources like bamboo. Without the false thumb, consumption of bamboo would require more work, compromising their ability to meet their dietary needs.
177X TIL that there is a physiological justification for splashing cold water on your face to calm down: The Mammalian Diving Reflex
gr1E8 TIL that in 1984 a group of men crossed the ocean Atlantic, in a 13.6-meter (45-foot) by 5.8-meter rudderless log raft with a single sail
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