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TIL - Meerkat sentries will climb just about anything to get a better view of their surroundings…including cameramen.

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WkalA TIL King George had a reply to the Declaration of Independence sent back called An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress. It picked apart the Declaration at length, including pointing out that one cannot claim "all men are created equal" when the Colonies still allowed slavery.
nnQr TIL it’s estimated that within 50 years the hull and structure of the Titanic will collapse entirely due to a growth in iron-eating bacteria
LLvp TIL that human saliva contains a “painkiller” called opiorphin that is six times more powerful than morphine.
R7eA7 TIL that the Ramones first album took only a week to record (three days for the instruments and four days for vocals), and costs only $6,400 to produce.
1aDeW TIL Bananas can not reproduce. They have no seeds and are entirely reliant on the farmer to cultivate them.