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TIL Mongooses, honey badgers, hedgehogs, and pigs are the only mammals with a natural immunity to snake venom.

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VMAep TIL: 1856 a schoolmaster warned students not to harm his tame sparrow. One of the boys stepped on the bird and killed it. After lessons, the master took the boy into a private room and strangled him to death. The boy's father later went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead.
X0ALk TIL the Mormon church is the wealthiest religious institution in the world with estimated assets between 80 and 100 billion dollars.
KOKkR TIL the cost of a Bugatti Veyron's oil change is between $20,000 to $25,000 & the cost of tires is around $38,000
4Xooa TIL Wolfgang Puck got his idea for frozen pizzas from Johnny Carson
VMml4 TIL there is a zoning ordinance for Times Square mandating that businesses must maintain lights that keep the Times Square landmark identity intact, meaning even when businesses are closed, their lights will stay on.